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LORD  AND  SAVIOUR,  JESUS  CHRIST. 
•V^M ^ .  U  T.  a^-^ , ..  -  E . ju  -^ V 

Compiled  Fjrom 

Tlie  Revised  Yersion  of  the  New  Testament, 

AND  ARRANGED  IN 

CHRONOLOGICAL  ORDER. 

(i.  e. — His  Utterances  as  Found  in  Matthew,  Mark, 

Luke,  John,  Acts,  and  Revelation,  are  ^ 

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PHILADELPHIA: 

THE     PRESBYTERIAN     PUBLISHING     COMPANY. 

No.  1510  CiiESTNxjT  Street. 


"  Let  these  words  sink  into  your  earsT — Luke  ix.  44. 

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their  occurrence  (according  to  approved  harmonies  of  the  Gos- 
pels) the  recorded  acts  and  utterances  of  our  Lord,  as  inter- 
spersed throughout  the  narrative  in  the  New  Testament,  is  to 
familiarize  the  reader  with  the  events  chronologically  bringing 
them  within  the  scope  of  easy  memorizing,  and  in  a  convenient 
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Philadelphia,  January  i,  1882. 

Copyright,  1881,  by  The  Presbyteeian  PrBLisiiiKG  Co.,  Phila. 


I 

B.  C.  I.     THE  ANNUNCIATION.— Nazareth. 

Gabriel  to  Maey  and  Joseph. 
Matt.  i.  18-25.    Luke  i.  26-38. 
J.  C.  Birth  of  Jesus.— Bethlehem,— Luke  ii.  4-20. 

HIS  ACTS.  HIS  WORDS. 


12.       In  the  Temple. 

Jerusalem 
•Luke  ii.  42-51. 


(Grows  in  wisdom  and 
stature.) 


His  Baptism. 

The  Jordan. 
Matt.  iii.  15. 
Holy    Spirit    descends 
upon  him.— Luke  iii. 
21-23. 


The  Temptation. 

Desert  of  Judea. 
Matt.  iv.  4-11. 
Marki.  13. 
Luke  iv.  2-18. 


Jan.-Feb.  Two  of  John's    disci- 
ples, Andrew  and  John , 
.31.       ask  for  his  abode. 
John  i.  38-47. 

To  Simon  Peter. 


To  Philip. 
Of  Nathaniel. 


(The   Doctors   amazed   at   His 
understanding  and  answers.) 

{To  His  Mother.) 

How  is  it  that  ye  sought  me  ? 
Wist  ye  not  that  I  must  be  in  my 
Father's  House  ? 

{To  John.) 

Suffer  it  now:  for  thus  it  be- 
cometh  us  to  fulfil  all  righteous- 
ness. 

(To  Sataji.) 

It  is  written,  Man  shall  not 
live  by  bread  alone,  but  by  every 
word  that  proceedeth  out  of  the 
mouth  of  God.  Again  it  is  writ- 
ten, Thou  shalt  not  tempt  the 
Lord  thy  God. 

Get  thee  hence,  Satan  :  for  it 
is  written,  Thou  shalt  worship 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  him  only 
shalt  thou  serve. 

What  seek  ye  ? 

Come,  and  ye  shall  see. 

Thou  art  Simon,  the  son  of 
John.  Thou  shalt  be  called 
Cephas  (Peter). 

Follow  me. 

Behold  an  Israelite  indeed, 
in  whom  is  no  guile. 


HIS  ACTS. 

To  Nathaniel. 
John  i.  4&-51. 


April    A  marriage. 
J.  C.      Cana  of  Galilee 

Fird  Miracle. 
31.       Water  turned  into  wine. 
John  ii.  4-11. 


Capernaum. 
Abides  many  days. 


Jerusalem. 
The  Passover. 
The  Temple. 
He  expels  the  traders. 
John  ii.  13-25. 


To  Nicodemus. 

The  new  birth. 
John  iii.  1-21. 


HIS  WORDS. 

Before  Philip  called  thee  when 
thou  wast  under  the  fig-tree,  I 
saw  thee,  .  .  .  because  I  said 
unto  thee,  I  saw  thee  under  the 
fig-tree,  believest  thou?  Thou 
shalt  see  greater  things  than 
these.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  un- 
to you,  Ye  shall  see  the  heaven 
opened  and  the  angels  of  God 
ascending  and  descending  upon 
the  Son  of  man. 

{To his  Mother.) 

Woman,  what  have  I  to  do 
with  thee  ?     Mine   hour  is   not 
yet  come. 
( To  the  servants.) 

Fill  the  water  pots  with  water. 

Draw  out  now  and  bear  unto 
the  Ruler  of  the  feast. 

Take  these  things  hence; 
make  not  my  Father's  house  a 
house  of  merchandise. 

Destroy  this  temple,  and  in 
three  days  1  will  raise  it  up. 

Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee. 
Except  a  man  be  born  anew,  he 
cannot  see  the  Kingdom  of 
God.     .     .     . 

Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee, 
Except  a  man  be  born  of  water 
and  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  God.  That 
which  is  born  of  the  flesh  is  flesh ; 
and  that  which  is  born  of  the 
Spirit  is  spirit.  Marvel  not  that 
I  said  unto  thee,  Ye  must  be 
born  anew.  The  wind  bloweth 
where  it  listeth,  and  thou  hear- 


HIS  WORDS. 

est  the  voice  thereof,  but  knowest  not  whence  it  cometh,  and 
whither  it  goeth ;  so  is  every  one  that  is  born  of  the  Spirit. 
Art  thou  the  teacher  of  Israel,  and  understandest  not  these 
things  ?  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee,  We  speak  that  we  do 
know,  and  bear  witness  of  that  we  have  seen ;  and  ye  receive 
not  our  witness.  If  I  told  you  earthly  things,  and  ye  believe 
not,  how  shall  ye  believe,  if  I  tell  you  heavenly  things?  And 
no  man  hath  ascended  into  heaven,  but  he  that  descended  out 
of  heaven,  even  the  Son  of  man,  which  is  in  heaven.  And  as 
Moses  lifted  up  the  serpent  in  the  wilderness,  even  so  must  the 
Son  of  man  be  lifted  up  :  that  whosoever  believeth  may  in  him 
have  eternal  life. 

For  God  so  loved  the  world,  that  he  gave  his  only  begotten 
Son,  that  whosoever  believeth  on  him  should  not  perish,  but 
have  eternal  life. 

For  God  sent  not  the  Son  into  the  world  to  judge  the  world; 
but  that  the  world  should  be  saved  through  him. 

He  that  believeth  on  him  is  not  judged :  he  that  believeth 
not  hath  been  judged  ah^eady,  because  he  hath  not  believed  on 
the  name  of  the  only  begotten  Son  of  God, 

And  this  is  the  judgement,  that  the  light  is  come  into  the 
world,  and  men  loved  the  darkness  rather  than  the  light;  for 
their  works  were  evil. 

For  every  one  that  doeth  ill  hateth  the  light,  and  cometh  not 
to  the  light,  lest  his  works  should  be  reproved.  But  he  that 
doeth  the  truth  cometh  to  the  light,  that  his  works  may  be 
made  manifest,  that  they  have  been  wrought  in  God. 

HIS  ACTS.  I 


(He  tarries  in  Judea  baptizuig.) 

31 .      Judea  to  Galilee 
April    Jacob's  Well,  Sychar. 
Dec.     Woman  of  Samaria. 
John  iv.  1-38. 


{To  the  Woman.) 

Give  me  to  drink. 

If  thou  knewest  the  gift  of 
God,  and  who  is  it  that  saith  to 
thee,  Give  me  to  drink,  thou 
wouldest  have  asked  of  him, 
and  he  would  have  given  thee 
living  water 

Every  one  that  drinketh  of 
this    water   shall   thirst     again : 


HIS  WORDS. 

but  whosoever  drinketh  of  the  water  that  I  shall  give  him 
shall  never  thirst,  but  the  water  that  I  shall  give  him  shall  be- 
come in  him  a  well  of  water  springing  up  unto  eternal  life.     . 

Go,  call  thy  husband,  and  come  hither 

Thou  saidst  well,  I  have  no  husband  :  for  thou  hast  had  five 
husbands ;  and  he  whom  thou  now  hast  is  not  thy  husband : 
this  hast  thou  said  truly 

Woman,  believe  me,  the  hour  cometh,  when  neither  in  this 
mountain,  nor  in  Jerusalem,  shall  ye  worship  the  Father. 

Ye  worship  that  which  ye  know  not :  we  worship  that 
which  we  know  :  for  salvation  is  from  the  Jews. 

But  the  hour  cometh,  and  now  is,  when  the  true  worshippers 
shall  worship  the  Father  in  spirit  and  truth :  for  such  doth  the 
Father  seek  to  be  his  worshippers. 

God  is  a  Spirit :  and  they  that  worship  him  must  worship  in 
spirit  and  truth 

(The  woman  saith,  I  know  that  Messiah  cometh;  Jesus  saith, 
I  that  speak  unto  thee  am  he.) 
( To  His  Disciples.) 

I  have  meat  to  eat  that  ye  know  not.  .  .  My  meat  is  to  do 
the  will  of  him  that  sent  me,  and  to  accomplish  his  work. 
Say  not  ye.  There  are  yet  four  months,  and  then  cometh  the 
harvest  ?  behold,  I  say  unto  you,  Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  look  on 
the  fields,  that  they  are  white  already  unto  harvest.  He  that 
reapeth  receiveth  wages,  and  gathereth  fruit  unto  life  eternal; 
that  he  that  soweth  and  he  that  reapeth  may  rejoice  together. 
For  herein  is  the  saying  true.  One  soweth,  and  another  reapeth. 
I  sent  you  to  reap  that  whereon  ye  have  not  labored :  others 
have  labored,  and  ye  are  entered  into  their  labor. 

HIS  ACTS. 

(He  abides  two  days.    Many  Sa- 
maritans converted.) 

Second  Miracle. 
Teaches  in  Galilee.  Heals  Noble- 
man's Son  of  Capernauui. 
Matt,  i v.  12-17. 
Mark  i.  14. 
Luke  iv.  14-1  f). 
John  iv.  43-54. 


Except  ye  see  signs  and  won- 
ders, ye  will  in  no  wise  believe. 
Go  thy  way,  thy  Son  liveth. 


HIS  ACTS. 


j.c. 

32. 

Mar.-Apr. 


Nazareth. 

Matt.  iv.  13. 
Luke  iv.  1-1-30. 

He  is  Rejected. 


HIS  WORDS. 

(He  reads  Isaiah). 

The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is 
upon  me. 

Because  he  anointed  me  to 
preach  good  tidings  to  the  poor.  He  hath  sent  me  to  proclaim 
release  to  the  captives.  And  recovering  of  sight  to  the  blind. 
To  set  at  liberty  them  that  are  bruised.  To  proclaim  the  ac- 
ceptable year  of  the  Lord. 

To-day  hath  this  scripture  been  fulfilled  in  your  ears. 
Doubtless  ye  will  say  unto  me  this  parable,  Physician,  heal  thy" 
self:  whatsoever  we  have  heard  done  at  Capernaum,  do  also  here 
in  thine  own  country. 

Verily,  I  say  unto  you,  No  prophet  is  acceptable  in  his  own 
country.  But  of  a  truth  I  say  unto  you,  There  were  many 
widows  in  Israel  in  the  days  of  Elijah,  when  the  heaven  was 
shut  up  three  years  and  six  months,  when  there  came  a  great 
famine  over  all  the  land ;  and  unto  none  of  them  was  Elijah  sent, 
but  only  to  Zarephath,  in  the  land  of  Sidon,  unto  a  woman 
that  was  a  widow.  And  there  were  many  lepers  in  Israel  in  the 
time  of  Elisha  the  prophet ;  and  none  of  them  was  cleansed,  but 
only  Naaman  the  Syrian.     .     .     . 

The  time  is  fulfilled,  and  the 
Kingdom  of  God  is  at  hand  : 
repent  ye,  aixd  believe  in  the 
Gospel. 


Capernaum. 

Matt.  iv.  17. 
Mark  i.  lr>. 
Luke  iv.  31. 


By  the  Sea  of  Galilee. 
To  Simon  and  Andrew. 


Then  Again  to  Simon 

Third  Miracle. 
Disciples  Alarmed    at 
Miraculous  Draught 
of  Fishes. 

Matt.  iv.  18-22. 
Mark  i.  16-20. 
Luke  v.  1-11. 
The  Synagogue. 

Heals  Demoniac. 
Mark  i.  21-28. 
Luke  iv.  33-37. 


Put  out  a  little  from  the  land, 
(He  preached  to  the  multitude 
from  the  boat.) 

Put  out  into  the  deep,  and  let 
down  your  nets  for  a  draught.  . 

Fear  not.  Come  ye  after  me> 
and  from  henceforth  I  will  make 
you  fishers  of  men. 


Hold  thy  peace,  and  come  out 
of  him. 


HIS  ACTS. 

J.  C.     Capernaum. 

At  Peter's  house. 
32.       Heals  the     Mother-in- 
law  and  many  others, 
and  casts  out  devils. 
Matt.  viii.  14-17. 
Mark  i.  29-31. 
Luke  iv.  38-41. 

In  the  Desert. 

INIatt.  iv.  23. 
Mark  i.  35-39. 
Luke  iv.  42-43. 


Summer  Galilee. 

Heals  the  Leper. 
32.  Matt.  viii.  1-4. 

]\Iark  i.  40-15. 
Luke  V.  12-16. 


Capernaum. 
Heals  a  Paralvtic. 

Matt.  ix.  2-8. 

Mark  ii.  1-12. 

Luke  v.  17-20. 


Power  to  forgive  sins. 


He  calls  Matthew  and 
eatcth  with  Publi- 
cans and  sinners. 

Matt.  ix.  9. 

Mark  ii.  14. 

Luke  V.  27. 


Pool  of  Eethesda. 
Heals  the  impotent  man 
suffering  38  years. 
John.  V.  1-15. 


HIS  WORDS. 


He  forbids  the  devils  to  reveal 
him. 

(After  prayuig.)  Let  us  go 
elsewhere  into  the  next  towns, 
that  I  may  preach  there  also  :  for 
to  this  end  came  I  forth,  I  must 
preach  the  good  tidings  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God. 

I  will,  be  thou  clean ;  see  thou 
tell  no  man,  but  go  thy  way,  and 
show  thyself  to  the  priest,  and 
offer  for  thy  cleansing  the  gift 
that  Moses  commanded  for  a  tes- 
timony unto  them. 

Son,  be  of  good  cheer;  thy 
sins  are  forgiven.      .     . 

Wherefore  think  ye  evil  in 
your  hearts  ?  for  whether  is 
easier  to  say,  Thy  sins  are  for- 
given ;  or  to  say,  Arise  and 
walk  ?  But  that  ye  may  know 
that  the  Son  of  Man  hath  power 
on  earth  to  forgive  sins.  (To 
the  sick  man.)  I  say  unto  thee 
Arise,  and  take  up  thy  bed,  and 
go  unto  thy  house. 

Follow  me. 


Wouldst  thou  be  made  whole  ? 
Arise,  take   up  thy  bed,   and 
walk.     .     . 


His  WORDS. 

Behold  thou  art  made  whole :  sin  no  more,  lest  a  worse  thing 
befall  thee. 

{To  the  Jif u's.)— John  v.  16-47. 

.  .  .  My  P'ather  worketh  even  until  now,  and  I  work. 
.  .  Verily,  I  say  unto  you,  The  Son  can  do  nothing  of  him- 
self, but  what  he  seeth  the  Father  doing :  for  what  things  soever 
he  doeth,  these  the  Son  also  doeth  in  like  manner.  For  the 
Father  loveth  the  Son,  and  sheweth  him  all  things  that  himself 
doeth,  and  greater  works  than  these  will  he  shew  him,  that  ye 
may  marvel.  For  as  the  Father  raiseth  the  dead  and  quickeneth 
them,  even  so  the  Son  also  quickeneth  whom  he  will.  For  neither 
doth  the  Father  judge  any  man,  but  he  hath  given  all  judgement 
unto  the  Son ;  that  all  may  honor  the  Son,  even  as  they  honor 
the  Father.  He  that  honoreth  not  the  Son  honoreth  not 
the  Father  which  sent  him.  Verily,  Verily  I  say  unto  you. 
He  that  heareth  my  word,  and  believeth  him  that  sent  me,  hath 
eternal  life,  and  cometh  not  into  judgement,  but  hath  passed  out 
of  death  into  life.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  The  hour  com- 
eth, and  now  is,  when  the  dead  shall  hear  the  voice  of  the  Son 
of  God ;  and  they  that  hear  shall  live.  Fer  as  the  Father  hath 
life  in  himself,  even  so  gave  he  to  the  Son  also  to  have  life  in 
himself:  and  he  gave  him  authority  to  execute  judgement,  be- 
cause he  is  the  Son  of  man.  Marvel  not  at  this:  for  the  hour 
cometh,  in  which  all  that  are  in  the  tombs  shall  hear  his  voice, 
and  shall  come  forth ;  they  that  have  done  good,  unto  the  resurrec- 
tion of  life ;  and  they  that  have  done  ill,  unto  the  resurrection  of 
judgement. 

I  can  of  myself  do  nothing:  as  I  hear,  I  judge  :  and  my  judge- 
ment is  righteous;  because  I  seek  not  mine  own  will,  but  the 
will  of  him  that  hath  sent  me.  If  I  bear  witness  of  myself, 
my  witness  is  not  true.  It  is  another  that  beareth  witness  of 
me  ;  and  I  know  that  the  witness  which  he  witnesseth  of  me  is 
true.  Ve  have  sent  unto  John,  and  he  hath  borne  witness  unto 
the  tmth.  But  the  witness  which  I  receive  is  not  from  man  : 
howbeit  I  say  these  things,  that  ye  may  be  saved.  He  was  the 
lamp  that  burneth  and  shineth,  and  ye  were  willing  to  rejoice 
for  a  season  in  his  light.  But  the  witness  which  I  have  is  greater 
than  that  of  John  :  for  the  works  which  the  Father  hath  given 
me  to  accomplish,  the  veiy  works  that  I  do,  bear  witness  of  me, 
that  the  Father  hath  sent  me.  And  the  Father  which  sent  me, 
he  hath  borne  witness  of  me.     Ye  have  neither  heard  his  voice 


10 
HIS  WORDS. 

at  any  time,  nor  seen  his  form.  And  ye  have  not  his  word 
abiding  in  you :  for  whom  he  sent,  him  ye  believe  not.  Ye 
search  the  scriptures,  because  ye  think  that  in  them  ye  have 
eternal  life;  and  these  are  they  which  bear  witness  of  me  ;  and 
ye  will  not  come  to  me,  that  ye  may  have  life.  I  receive  not 
glory  from  men.  But  I  know  you,  that  ye  have  not  the  love  of 
God  in  yourselves.  I  am  come  in  my  Father's  name,  and  ye 
receive  me  not :  if  another  shall  come  in  his  own  name,  him  ye 
will  receive.  How  can  ye  believe,  which  receive  glory  one  of 
another,  and  the  glory  that  cometh  from  the  only  God  ye  seek 
not?  Think  not  that  I  will  accuse  you,  to  the  Father:  there 
is  one  that  accuseth  you,  even  Moses,  on  whom  ye  have  set  your 
hope.  For  if  ye  believed  Moses,  ye  would  believe  me ;  for  he 
wrote  of  me.  But  if  ye  believe  not  his  writings,  how  shall  ye 
believe  my  words  ? 

Have  ve  not  read  what  David 


The  Sabbath  Question. 
Disciples  pluck  corn. 

Matt.  xii.  1-8. 

Mark  ii.  23-28. 

Luke  vi.  1-5. 


did  when  he  was  an  hungered, 
and  they  that  were  with  him, 
how  he  entered  into  the  house  of 
God,  when  Abiathar  was  High  Priest,  and  did  eat  the  shew- 
bread,  which  it  was  not  lawful  for  him  to  eat.  Neither  for 
them  that  werft  with  him,  but  only  for  the  priests?  Or  have 
you  not  read  in  the  law,  how  that  on  the  Sabbath  day  the 
priests  in  the  temple  profane  the  Sabbath  and  are  guiltless? 
But  I  say  unto  you,  that  one  greater  than  the  temple  is  here. 
But  if  ye  had  known  what  this  meaneth,  I  desire  mercy,  and 
not  sacrifice,  ye  would  not  have  condemned  the  guiltless. 

The  vSabbath   was  mad#  for  man,  and  not  man  for  the  Sab- 
bath.    For  the   Son  of  Man  is  lord  of  the  Sabbath. 
Galilee.  i  {To  the  Man.) 


Heals     the     withered 
hand  on  the  Sabbath. 
Matt.  xii.  9-11. 
Mark  iii.  l-G. 
Luke  vi.  6-11. 


Rise  up,  and   stand   forth  in 
the  midst. 
{To  Pharisees.) 

I  ask  you.  Is  it  lawful  on  the 
Sabbath  day  to  do  good  or  to  do  harm ,  to  save  a  life  or  to  destroy  it  ? 
What  man  shall  there  be  of  you,  that  shall  have  one  sheep, 
and  if  this  fall  into  a  pit  on  the  Sabbath  day,  will  he  not  lay 
hold  on  it,  and  lift  it  out  ?  How  much,  then,  is  a  man  of  more 
value  than  a  sheep  !  Wherefore  it  is  lawful  to  do  good  on  the 
vSabbath.      (To  the  man.)     Stretch  forth  thy  hand. 


11 


HIS  ACTS. 


Sea  of  Tiberias. 
Multitudes  follow. 
Matt.  xii.  15-21. 
Mark  iii.  7-12. 
He  had  healed  many, 
and     crowds  pressed 
to  touch  him. 
Mountain  near   Caper- 
naum.    Chooses   the 
Twelve  Apostles, 
Matt.  V.  1. 
Mark  iii.  13-19. 
Luke  vi.  12-19. 
and  delivers  The  Ser- 
mon on  the  Mount. 
Matt.v.  1.  tovii.29. 
Luke  vi.  20-49. 


HIS  WORDS. 


(Let)  a  little  boat  wait  (on  me) 
because  of  the  crowd,  lest  they 
should  throng  (me.) 
(Matthnv.) 

Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit, 
for  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of 
heaven. 

Blessed  are  they  that  mourn, 
for  they  shall  be  comforted. 

Blessed  are  the  meek,  for 
they  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

Blessed  are  they  that  hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness  : 
for  they  shall  be  filled. 

Blessed  are  the  merciful :  for  they  shall  obtain  mercy. 

Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart :  for  they  shall  see  God. 

Blessed  are  the  peacemakers :  for  they  shall  be  called  sons 
of  God, 

Blessed  are  they  that  have  been  persecuted  for  righteousness' 
sake :  for  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  Blessed  are  ye  when 
men  shall  reproach  you  and  persecute  you,  and^say  all  manner 
of  evil  against  you  falsely,  for  my  sake.  Rejoice,  and  be  exceed- 
ing glad :  for  great  is  your  reward  in  heaven  :  for  so  persecuted 
they  the  prophets  which  were  before  you. 

Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth  :  but  if  the  salt  have  lost  its  savour, 
wherewith  shall  it  be  salted  ?  It  is  thenceforth  good  for  nothing, 
but  to  be  cast  out  and  trodden  under  foot  of  men.  Ye  are  the 
light  of  the  world,  A  city  set  on  a  hnl  cannot  be  hid.  Neither 
do  men  light  a  lamp,  and  put  it  under  the  bushel,  but  on  the 
stand ;  and  it  shineth  unto  all  that  are  in  the  house.  Even  so 
let  your  light  shine  before  men,  that  they  may  see  your  good 
works,  and  glorify  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

Think  not  that  I  came  to  destroy  the  law  or  the  prophets :  I 
came  not  to  destroy,  but  to  fulfil.  Kor  verily  I  say  unto  you, 
Till  heaven  and  earth  pass  away,  one  jot  or  one  tittle  shall  in  no 
wise  pass  away  from  the  law,  till  all  things  be  accomplished. 
Whosoever  therefore  shall  break  one  of  these  least  command- 
ments, and  shall  teach  men  so,  shall  be  called  least  in  the  king- 
dom of  heaven :  but  whosoever  shall  do  and  teach  them,  he 
shall  te  called  great  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.     For  I  say  unto 


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HIS  WORDS. 

you,  that  except  your  righteousness  shall  exceed  the  righteous- 
ness of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees,  ye  shall  in  no  wise  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

Ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said  to  them  of  old  time,  Thou 
shalt  not  kill ;  and  whosoever  shall  kill  shall  be  in  danger  of  the 
judgement :  but  I  say  unto  you,  that  everyone  who  is  angry  with 
his  brother  shall  be  in  danger  of  the  judgement ;  and  whosoever 
shall  say  to  his  brother,  Raca,  shall  be  in  danger  of  the  council ; 
and  whosoever  shall  say,  Thou  fool,  shall  be  in  danger  of  the 
hell  of  fire.  If  therefore  thou  art  offering  thy  gift  at  the  altar, 
and  there  rememberest  that  thy  brother  hath  aught  against  thee, 
leave  there  thy  gift  before  the  altar,  and  go  thy  way,  first  be  re- 
conciled to  thy  brother,  and  then  come  and  offer  thy  gift.  Agree 
with  thine  adversary  quickly,  whiles  thou  art  with  him  in  the 
way;  lest  haply  the  adversary  deliver  thee  to  the  judge,  and  the 
judge  deliver  thee  to  the  officer,  and  thou  be  cast  into  prison. 
Verily  I  say  unto  thee.  Thou  shalt  by  no  means  come  out  thence, 
till  thou  have  paid  the  last  farthing. 

Ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said,  Thou  shalt  not  commit 
adultery :  but  I  say  unto  you,  that  every  one  that  looketh  on  a 
woman  to  lust  after  her  hath  committed  adultery  with  her  already 
in  his  heart.  And  if  thy  right  eye  causeth  thee  to  stumble, 
pluck  it  out,  £ftid  cast  it  from  thee :  for  it  is  profitable  for  thee 
that  one  of  thy  members  should  perish,  and  not  thy  whole  body 
be  cast  into  hell.  And  if  thy  right  hand  causeth  thee  to  stumble, 
cut  it  oft,  and  cast  it  from  thee  :  for  it  is  profitable  for  thee  that 
one  of  thy  members  should  perish,  and  not  thy  whole  body  go 
into  hell.  It  was  said  also.  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife, 
let  him  give  her  a  writinf  of  divorcement :  but  I  say  unto  you, 
that  every  one  that  putteth  away  his  wife,  saving  for  the  cause  of 
fornication,  maketh  her  an  adulteress :  and  whosoever  shall 
marry  her  when  she  is  put  away  committeth  adultery. 

Again,  ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said  to  them  of  old  time. 
Thou  shalt  not  forswear  thyself,  but  shalt  perform  unto  the  Lord 
thine  oaths :  but  I  say  unto  you,  Swear  not  at  all ;  neither  by 
the  heaven,  for  it  is  the  throne  of  God  ;  nor  by  the  earth,  for  it 
is  the  footstool  of  his  feet ;  nor  by  Jerusalem,  for  it  is  the  city  of 
the  great  King.  Neither  shalt  thou  swear  by  thy  head,  for  thou 
canst  not  make  one  hair  white  or  black.  But  let  your  speech  be. 
Yea,  yea ;  Nay,  nay :  and  whatsoever  is  more  than  these  is  of 
the  evil  one. 


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H!S  WORDS. 

Ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said,  An  eye  for  an  eye,  and  a 
tooth  fur  a  tooth  :  but  I  say  unto  you,  Resist  not  him  that  is  evil : 
but  whosoever  smiteth  thee  on  thy  right  cheek,  turn  to  him  the 
other  also.  And  if  any  man  would  go  to  law  with  thee,  and 
take  away  thy  coat,  let  him  have  thy  cloak  also.  And  whoso- 
ever shall  compel  thee  to  go  one  mile,  go  with  him  twain. 
Give  to  him  that  asketh  thee,  and  from  him  that  would  borrow 
of  thee  turn  not  thou  away. 

Ye  have  heard  that  it  was  said.  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor 
and  hate  thine  enemy :  but  I  say  unto  you.  Love  your  enemies, 
and  pray  for  them  that  persecute  you ;  that  ye  may  be  sons  of 
your  P'aiher  which  is  in  heaven  :  for  he  maketh  his  sun  to  rise 
on  the  evil  and  the  good,  and  sendeth  rain  on  the  just  and  the 
unjust.  For  if  ye  love  them  that  love  you,  what  reward  have 
ye  ?  do  not  even  the  publicans  the  same  ?  And  if  ye  salute  your 
brethren  only,  what  do  ye  more  thati  others  ?  do  not  even  the 
Gentiles  the  same?  Ye  therefore  shall  be  perfect,  as  your 
heavenly  Father  is  perfect. 

Take  heed  that  ye  do  not  your  righteousness  before  men,  to 
be  seen  of  them  :  else  ye  have  no  reward  with  your  Father 
which  is  in  heaven. 

When  therefore  thou  doest  alms,  sound  not  a  trumpet  before 
thee,  as  the  hypocrites  do  in  the  synagogues  and  in  the  streets, 
that  they  may  have  glory  of  men.  Verily,  I  say  unto  you.  They 
have  received  their  reward.  But  when  thou  duest  alms,  let  not 
thy  left  hand  know  what  thy  right  hand  doeth :  that  thine  alms 
may  be  in  secret :  and  thy  Father  which  seelh  in  secret  shall 
recompense  thee. 

And  when  ye  pray,  ye  shall  not  be  as  the  hypocrites  :  for  they 
love  to  stand  and  pray  in  the  synagogues  and  in  the  corners  of 
the  streets,  that  they  may  be  seen  of  men.  Verily,  I  say  unto 
you.  They  have  received'  their  reward.  But  thou,  when  thou 
prayest,  enter  into  thine  inner  chamber,  and  having  shut  thy 
door,  pray  to  thy  Father  which  is  in  secret,  and  ihy  Father 
which  seeth  in  secret  shall  recompense  thee.  And  in  praying 
use  not  vain  repetitions,  as  the  Gentiles  do:  for  they  think  that 
they  shall  be  heard  for  their  much  speaking.  Be  not  therefore 
like  unto  them  :  for  your  Father  knowelh  what  things  ye  have 
need  of,  before  ye  ask  him.  After  this  manner  therefore  pray 
ye  :  Our  Father  which  art  in  heaven.  Hallowed  be  thy  name. 
Thy  kingdom  come.     Thy  will  be  done,  as  in  heaven,  so  on 


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HIS  WORDS. 

earth,  (jive  us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  And  forgive  us  our 
debts  as  we  also  have  forgiven  our  debtors.  And  bring  us  not 
into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  the  evil  one.  For  if  ye  for- 
give men  their  trespasses,  your  heavenly  Father  will  also  forgive 
you.  But  if  ye  forgive  not  men  their  trespasses,  neither  will 
your  Father  forgive  your  trespasses. 

Moreover,  when  ye  fast,  be  not,  as  the  hypocrites,  of  a  sad 
countenance  :  for  they  disfigure  their  faces,  that  they  may  be 
seen  of  men  to  fast.  Verily,  I  say  unto  you.  They  have  received 
their  reward.  But  thou,  when  thou  fastest,  anoint  thy  head, 
and  wash  thy  face ;  that  thou  be  not  seen  of  men  to  fast,  but  of 
thy  Father  which  is  in  secret :  and  thy  Father  which  seeth  in 
secret  shall  recompense  thee. 

Lay  not  up  for  yourselves' treasures  upon  the  earth,  where 
moth  and  rust  doth  consume,  and  where  thieves  break  through 
and  steal :  but  lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures  in  heaven,  where 
neither  moth  nor  rust  doth  consume,  and  where  thieves  do  not 
break  through  nor  steal :  for  where  thy  treasure  is,  there  will 
thy  heart  be  also.  The  lamp  of  the  body  is  the  eye  :  if  therefore 
thine  eye  be  single,  thy  whole  body  shall  be  full  of  light.  But 
if  thine  eye  be  evil,  thy  whole  body  shall  be  full  of  darkness. 
If  therefore  the  light  that  is  in  thee  be  darkness,  how  great  is 
the  darkness !  No  man  can  serve  two  masters :  for  either  he 
will  hate  the  one  and  love  the  other;  or  else  he  will  hold  to  one, 
and  despise  the  other.  Ye  cannot  serve  God  and  mammon. 
Therefore  I  say  unto  you.  Be  not  anxious  for  your  life,  what  ye 
shall  eat  or  what  ye  shall  drink ;  nor  yet  for  your  body,  what  ye 
shall  put  on.  Is  not  the  life  more  than  the  food,  and  the  body 
than  the  raiment?  Behold  the  birds  of  the  heaven,  that  they 
sow  not,  neither  do  they  reap  nor  gather  into  barns ;  and  your 
heavenly  Father  feedeth  them.  Are  not  ye  of  much  more  value 
than  they  ?  And  which  of  you  by  being  anxious  can  add  one 
cubit  to  his  stature  ?  And  why  are  ye  anxious  concerning 
raiment?  Consider  the  lilies  of  the  field,  how  they  grow  ;  they 
toil  not,  neither  do  they  spin :  yet  I  say  unto  you,  that  even 
Solomon  in  all  his  glory  was  not  arrayed  like  one  of  these.  But 
if  God  doth  so  clothe  the  grass  of  the  field,  which  to-day  is,  and 
to-morrow  is  cast  into  the  oven,  shall  he  not  much  more  clothe 
you,  O  ye  of  little  faith  ?  Be  not  therefore  anxious,  saying, 
"What  shall  we  eat?  or,  What  shall  we  drink?  or.  Wherewithal 
shall  we  be  clothed  ?     P'or  after  all  these  things  do  the  Gentiles 


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HIS  WORDS. 

seek ;  for  your  heavenly  Father  knoweth*that  ye  have  need  of 
all  these  things.  But  seek  ye  first  his  kingdom,  and  his  right- 
eousness; and  all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you.  Be  not 
therefore  anxious  for  the  morrow  :  for  the  morrow  will  be  anxious 
for  itself.     Sufiicient  unto  the  day  is  the  evil  thereof. 

Judge  not,  that  ye  be  not  judged.  For  with  what  judgement 
ye  judge,  ye  shall  be  judged  :  and  with  what  measure  ye  mete, 
it  shall  be  measured  unto  you.  And  why  beholdest  thou  the 
mote  that  is  in  thy  brother's  eye,  but  considerest  not  the  beam 
that  is  in  thine  own  eye  ?  Or  how  wilt  thou  say  to  thy  brother, 
Let  me  cast  out  the  mote  out  of  thine  eye ;  and  lo,  the  beam  is 
in  thine  own  eye  ?  Thou  hypocrite,  cast  out  first  the  beam  out 
of  thine  own  eye  ;  and  then  shalt  thou  see  clearly  to  cast  out  the 
mote  out  of  thy  brother's  eye. 

Give  not  that  which  is  holy  unto  the  dogs,  neither  cast  your 
pearls  before  the  swine,  Itst  haply  they  trample  them  under  their 
feet,  and  turn  and  rend  you. 

Ask,  and  it  shall  be  given  you;  seek,  and  ye  shall  find; 
knock,  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you  :  for  every  one  that  ask- 
eth  receiveth ;  and  he  that  seeketh  findeth ;  and  to  him  that 
knocketh  it  shall  be  opened.  Or  what  man  is  there  of  you,  who, 
if  his  son  shall  ask  him  for  a  loaf,  will  give  him  a  stone ;  or  if  he 
shall  ask  for  a  fish,  will  give  him  a  serpent  ?  If  ye  then,  being 
evil,  know  how  to  give  good  gifts  unto  your  children,  how  much 
more  shall  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven  give  good  things  to 
them  that  ask  him  ?  All  things  therefore  whatsoever  ye  would 
that  men  should  do  unto  you,  even  so  do  ye  also  unto  them :  for 
this  is  the  law  and  the  prophets. 

Enter  ye  in  by  the  narrow  gate :  for  wide  is  the  gate,  and 
broad  is  the  way  that  leadeth  to  destruction,  and  many  be  they 
that  enter  in  thereby.  For  narrow  is  the  gate,  and  straitened  the 
way,  that  leadeth  unto  life,  and  few  be  they  that  find  it. 

I3eware  of  false  prophets,  which  come  to  you  in  sheep's  cloth- 
ing,'but  mwardly  are  ravening  wolves.  By  their  fruits  ye  shall 
know  them.  Do  men  gather  grapes  of  thorns,  or  figs  of  thistles  ? 
Even  so  every  good  tree  bringeth  forth  good  fruit ;  but  the  corrupt 
tree  bringeth  forth  evil  fruit.  A  good  tree  cannot  bring  forth  evil 
fruit,  neither  can  a  corrupt  tree  bring  forth  good  fruit.  Every  tree 
that  bringeth  not  forth  good  fruit  is  hewn  down,  and  cast 
into  the  fire.  Therefore  by  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them. 
(Luke)  But  woe  imto  you  that  are  rich !  for  ye  have  received  your 


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liiS  ¥/0HD8. 

consolation.  Woe  unto  you,  ye  that  are  full  now!  for  ye  shall 
hunger.  Woe  unto  yoti,  ye  that  laugh  now  !  for  ye  shall  mourn 
and  weep.  Woe  unto  you,  when  all  men  shall  speak  well  of 
you !  for  in  the  same  manner  did  their  fathers  to  the  false 
prophets.     .     .     . 

Can  the  blind  guide  the  blind?  shall  they  not  both  fall  into  a 
pit?  The  disciple  is  not  above  his  master:  but  every  one  when 
he  is  perfected  shall  be  as  his  master.  .  .  The  good  man  out 
of  the  good  treasure  of  his  heart  bringeth  forth  that  which  is 
good ;  and  the  evil  7?ia7i  out  of  the  evil  treasure  bringeth  forth 
that  which  is  evil :  for  out  of  the  abundance  of  the  heart  his 
mouth  speaketh.  And  why  call  ye  me  Lord,  Lord,  and  do  not 
the  things  which  I  say  ? 
(Matthew.) 

Not  every  one  that  saith  unto  me.  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven ;  but  he  that  doeth  the  will  of  my  Father 
which  is  in  heaven.  Many  will  say  to  me  in  that  day,  Lord, 
Lord,  did  we  not  prophesy  by  thy  name,  and  by  thy  name  cast 
out  devils,  and  by  thy  name  do  many  mighty  works  ?  And  then 
will  I  profess  unto  them,  I  never  knew  you :  depart  from  me,  ye 
that  work  iniquity.  Every  one  therefore  which  heareth  these 
words  of  mine,  and  doeth  them,  shall  be  likened  unto  a  wise 
man,  which  built  his  house  upon  the  rock  :  and  the  rain  de- 
scended, and  the  floods  came,  and  the  winds  blew,  and  beat 
upon  that  house;  and  it  fell  not :  for  it  was  founded  upon  the 
rock.  And  every  one  that  heareth  these  words  of  mine,  and 
doeth  them  not,  shall  be  likened  unto  a  foolish  man,  which 
built  his  house  upon  the  sand :  and  the  rain  descended,  and  the 
floods  came,  and  the  winds  blew,  and  smote  upon  that  house ; 
and  it  fell :  and  ureat  was  the  fall  thereof. 


HIS  ACTS. 


J.  c. 


Capernaum. 
Heals  Ceuturion's   Ser- 
32.  vant. 

Matt.  viii.  5-17. 
Summer.  Luke  vii.  1-10. 


I  will  come  and  heal  him. 

Verily,  I  say  unto  you,  I  have 
not  found  so  great  faith,  no,  not 
in  Israel :  and  I  say  unto  you, 
that  many  shall  come  from  the 
East  and  the  West,  and  shall  sit 
down  with  Abraham  and  Isaac 
and  Jacob  in  the  kingdom  of 
heaven :    but   the   sons   of    the 


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HIS  ACTS. 


Nain. 

Raises  the  widow's  Son. 
from  the  dead. 
Luke  vii.  11-17. 
Disciples  from  John  the 
Baptist  in  Prison. 
Matt.  xi.  2-30. 
Lulce  vii.  18-35. 


HIS  WORDS. 


kingdom  shall  be  cast  forth  into 
the  outer  darkness :   there  shall 
be  the  weeping  and  gnashing  of 
teeth.     .     .  (To  the  Centurion.) 
Go  thy  way :  as  thou  hast  be- 
lieved, so  be  it  done  unto  thee. 
{To  the  Mother.) 
Weep  not. 
{To  the  Corpse.) 

Young  man,  I  say  unto  thee, 
Arise. 

Go  your  way,  and  tell  John 
the  things  which  ye  do  hear  and 
see  :  the  blind  receive  their  sight, 
and  the  lame  walk,  the  lepers 
are  cleansed,  and  the  deaf  hear,  and  the  dead  are  raised  up,  and 
the  poor  have  good  tidings  preached  to  them.  And  blessed  is 
he,  whosoever  shall  find  none  occasion  of  stumbling  in.  me. 
{To  the  Multitudes.) 

What  went  ye  out  into  the  wilderness  to  behold?  a  reed 
shaken  with  the  wind  ?  But  what  went  ye  out  to  see  ?  a  man 
clothed  in  soft  rai7nent  ?  Behold,  they  which  are  gorgeously 
apparelled,  and  live  delicately,  are  in  kings'  houses.  But  where- 
fore went  ye  out?  to  see  a  prophet?  Yea,  I  say  unto  you, 
and  much  more  than  a  prophet.  This  is  he,  of  \vhom  it  is 
written.  Behold,  I  send  my  messenger  before  thy  face,  who 
shall  prepare  thy  way  before  thee. 

Verily,  I  say  unto  you.  Among  them  that  are  born  of 
women  there  hath  not  arisen  a  greater  than  John  the  Baptist : 
yet  he  that  is  but  little  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  greater  than 
he.  And  from  the  days  of  John  the  Baptist  until  now  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  sufifereth  violence,  and  men  of  violence  take  it  by 
force.  For  all  the  prophets  and  the  law  prophesied  until  John. 
And  if  ye  are  willing  to  receive  it,  this  is  Elijah,  which  is  come. 
He  that  hath  ears  to  hear,  let  him  hear.  But  whereunto  shall  I 
liken  this  generation  ?  It  is  like  unto  children  sitting  in  the 
marketplaces,  which  call  unto  their  fellows,  and  say.  We  piped 
unto  you,  and  ye  did  not  dance  ;  we  wailed,  and  ye  did  not 
mourn.  For  John  came  eating  no  bread,  nor  drinking  wine, 
and  they  say.  He  hath  a  devil.  The  Son  of  man  is  come  eating 
and  drinking,  and  ye  say,  Behold,  a  gluttonous  man,  and  a  wine- 


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HIS  WORDS. 

bibber,  a  friend  of  publicans  and  sinners  !  And  wisdom  is  justi- 
fied by  her  works.  (Of  all  her  children, — Luke.)     .     .     . 

Woe  unto  thee,  Chorazin  !  woe  unto  thee,  Bethsaida !  for  if 
the  mighty  works  had  been  done  in  Tyre  and  Sidon  which  were 
done  in  you,  they  would  have  repented  long  ago  in  sackcloth 
and  ashes.  Howbeit  I  say  unto  you,  it  shall  be  more  tolerable 
for  Tyre  and  Sidon  in  the  day  of  judgement,  than  for  you.  And 
thou,  Capernaum,  shalt  thou  be  exalted  unto  heaven?  thou  shalt 
go  down  unto  Hades :  for  if  the  mighty  works  had  been  done 
in  Sodom  which  wei^e  done  in  thee,  it  would  have  remained 
until  this  day.  Howbeit  I  say  unto  you,  that  it  shall  be  more 
tolerable  for  the  land  of  Sodom  in  the  day  of  judgement,  than 
for  thee.     .     . 

.  .  I  thank  thee,  O  Father,  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth,  that 
thou  didst  hide  these  things  from  the  wise  and  understanding, 
and  didst  reveal  them  unto  babes :  yea,  Father,  for  so  it  was 
well  pleasing  in  thy  sight.  All  things  have  been  delivered  unto 
me  of  my  Father  :  and  no  one  knoweth  the  Son,  save  the 
Father ;  neither  doth  any  know  the  Father,  save  the  Son,  and 
he  to  whomsoever  the  Son  willeth  to  reveal  hi??i.  Come  unto 
me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest.  Take  my  yoke  upon  you,  and  learn  of  me  ;  for  I  am 
meek  and  lowly  in  heart :  and  ye  shall  find  rest  unto  your 
souls.     For  my  yoke  is  easy,  and  my  burden  is  light. 

HIS  ACTS. 


J.  C.     Capernaum. 
Mid-    Eats     with    Simon   (a 
summer.      Pharisee.) 

32.       Woman  with  alabaster 


Simon,  I  have  somewhat  to 

say  unto  thee.     A  certain  lender 

boToVointmen't.""'"'  i  had  tv/o  debtors :  the  one  owed 

Luke  vii.  37-50. 

Rebukes    Simon,    and 

Ibrgiveth  lier  sins. 


therefore  will  love  him  most  ? 


five  hundred  pence,  and  the 
other  fifty.  When  they  had  not 
wherewith  to  ])ay,  he  forgave 
them  both.  Which  of  them 
(Simon  said.  He  to  whom  he  for- 
gave the  most.)  Thou  hast  rightly  judged.  (Turning  to  the 
woman.)  Seest  thou  this  woman?  I  entered  into  thine  house, 
thou  gavest  me  no  water  for  my  feet :  but  she  hath  wetted  my 
feet  with  her  tears,  and  wiped  them  with  her  hair.  Thou 
gavest  me  no  ki.ss  :  but  she,  since  the  time  I  came  in,  hath 
not  ceased  to  kiss  my  feet.     My  head  with  oil  thou  didst  not 


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KIS  WORDS. 

anoint :  but  she  hath  anointed  my  feet  with  ointment.  Where- 
fore I  say  unto  thee,  her  sins,  which  are  many,  are  forgiven ; 
for  she  loved  much :  but  to  whom  httle  is  forgiven,  the  same 
loveth  little.  (He  said  unto  her,)  Thy  sins  are  forgiven.  .  . 
Thy  faith  hath  saved  thee  :  go  in  peace. 

HIS  ACTS. 


J.  C.     Galilee. 

With    the    twelve    he 
Autumn,     takes    a  second    cir- 
cuit. 
32.  Luke  viii.  1. 

Heals  a  blind  and  dumb 

Demoniac, 
Pharisees  blasphemous- 
ly ascribe  his  power 
to  Beelzebub, 
Matt.  xii.  22-50. 
Mark  iii.  19-35. 
Luke  xi.  14-; 


How  can  Satan  cast  out  Satan? 

Every  kingdom  divided 
against  itself  is  brought  to  deso- 
lation :  and  every  city  or  house 
divided  against  itself  shall  not 
stand  :  and  if  Satan  casteth  out 
Satan,  he  is  divided  against  him- 
self; how  then  shall  his  king- 
dom stand  ?  And  if  I  by  Beel- 
zebub cast  out  devils,  by  whom 


do  your  sons  cast  them  out?  therefore  shall  they  be  your 
judges.  But  if  I  by  the  Spirit  of  God  cast  out  devils,  then  is  the 
kingdom  of  God  come  upon  you.  Or  how  can  one  enter  into  the 
house  of  the  strong  7nan,  and  spoil  his  goods,  except  he  first 
bind  the  strong  vian  ?  and  then  he  will  spoil  his  house.  He 
that  is  not  with  me  is  against  me ;  and  he  that  gathereth  not  with 
me  scattereth.  Therefore  I  say  unto  you,  Every  sin  and  blas- 
phemy shall  be  forgiven  unto  men ;  but  the  blasphemy  against 
the  Spirit  shall  not  be  forgiven.  And  whosoever  shall  speak  a 
word  against  the  Son  of  man,  it  shall  be  forgiven  him;  but  who- 
soever shall  speak  against  the  Holy  Spirit,  it  shall  not  be  for- 
given him,  neither  in  this  world,  nor  in  that  Mdiich  is  to  come. 
Either  make  the  tree  good,  and  its  fruit  good ;  or  make  the  tree 
corrupt,  and  its  fruit  corrupt :  for  the  tree  is  known  by  its  fruit. 
Ye  offspring  of  vipers,  how  can  ye,  being  evil,  speak  good 
things?  for  out  of  the  abundance  of  the  heart  the  mouth  speak- 
eth.  The  good  man  out  of  his  good  treasure  bringelh  forth 
good  things :  and  the  evil  man  out  of  his  evil  treasure  bringeth 
forth  evil  things.  And  I  say  unto  you,  that  every  idle  word 
that  men  shall  speak,  they  shall  give  account  thereof  in  the  day 
of  judgement.  For  by  thy  words  thou  shalt  be  justified,  and  by 
thy  words  thou  shalt  be  condemned,     .     .     . 

An  evil  and  adulterous  generation  seeketh  after  a  sign;  and 
there  shall  no  sign  be  given  to  it  but  the  sign  of  Jonah  the 


20 
HIS  WORDS. 

prophet :  for  as  Jonah  was  three  days  and  three  nights  in  the 
belly  of  the  whale,  so  shall  the  Son  of  man  be  three  days  and 
three  nights  in  the  heart  of  the  earth.  The  men  of  Nineveh 
shall  stand  up  in  the  judgement  w.th  this  generation,  and  shall 
condemn  it :  for  they  repented  at  the  preaching  of  Jonah ;  and 
behold,  a  greater  than  Jonah  is  here.  The  queen  of  the  south 
shall  rise  up  in  the  judgement  with  this  generation,  and  shall 
condemn  it :  for  she  came  from  the  ends  of  the  earth  to  hear  the 
wisdom  of  Solomon ;  and  behold,  a  greater  than  Solomon  is 
here.  But  the  unclean  spirit,  when  he  is  gone  out  of  the  man, 
passeth  through  waterless  places,  seeking  rest,  and  findeth  it  not. 
Then  he  saith,  I  will  return  into  my  house  whence  I  came  out ; 
and  when  he  is  come,  he  findeth  it  empty,  swept,  and  garnished. 
Then  goeth  he,  and  taketh  with  himself  seven  other  spirits  more 
evil  than  himself,  and  they  enter  ih  and  dwell  there  :  and  the 
last  state  of  that  man  becometh  worse  than  the  first.  Even  so 
shall  it  be  also  unto  this  evil  generation. 
(Luke.) 

No  man,  when  he  hath  lighted  a  lamp,  putteth  it  in  a  cellar, 
neither  under  the  bushel,  but  on  the  stand,  that  they  which  enter 
in  may  see  the  light.  The  lamp  of  thy  body  is  thine  eye  :  when 
thine  eye  is  single,  thy  whole  body  also  is  full  of  light;  but  when 
it  is  evil,  thy  body  also  is  full  of  darkness.  Look  therefore 
whether  the  light  that  is  in  thee  be  not  darkness.  If  therefore 
thy  whole  body  be  full  of  light,  having  no  part  dark,  it  shall  be 
wholly  full  of  light,  as  when  the  lamp  with  its  bright  shining 
doth  give  thee  light. 

HIS  ACTS. 

J.  C.     They  seek  a  sign. 

A  Woman  Blesses  Him.  Vea  rather,  blessed  are  they 
that  hear  the  word  of  God  and 
keep  it. 

Who  is  my  mother  ?  and  who 
are  my  brethren  ?  .  .  Behold, 
my  mother  and  my  brethren ! 
P'or  whosoever  shall  do  the  will 
of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven, 
he  is  my  brother,  and  sister,  and 
mother. 


His  mother  and  breth- 
ren are  those  who 
do  the  will  of  God. 


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HIS  ACTS. 


Matt.  xiii.  1-53. 

Mark  iv.  1-ai. 

Lulveviii.  4-18. 

Parables. 

By  the  Sea  Side. 

The  Sower. 

The  Tares. 

The  Mustard  Seeds. 

The  Leaven. 

Treasure  Hidden. 

The  Pearl. 

The  Net. 

The  Lamp. 


HIS  WORDS. 


Hearken  : — Behold,  the  sower 
went  forth  to  sow ;  and  as  he 
sowed,  some  seeds  fell  by  the  way 
side,  and  it  was  trodden  under 
foot,  and  the  birds  came  and 
devoured  them  :  and  others  fell 
upon  rocky  places,  where  they 
had  not  much  earth :  and  straight- 
way they  sprang  up,  because  they 
had  no  deepness  of  earth :  and 
when  thesun  was  risen,  they  were  scorched ;  and  because  they  had 
no  root,  they  withered  away.  And  others  fell  upon  the  thorns  ; 
and  the  thorns  grew  up,  and  choked  them ;  and  others  fell  upon 
the  good  ground,  and  yielded  fruit,  some  a  hundredfold,  some 
sixty,  some  thirty.  He  that  hath  ears  to  hear,  let  him  hear. 
{To  the  Disciples.) 

Unto  you  it  is  given  to  know  the  mysteries  of  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  but  to  them  it  is  not  given.     For  whosoever  hath,  to  him 
shall  be  given,  and  he  shall  have  abundance :  but  whosoever 
hath  not,  from  him  shall  be  taken  away,  even  that  which  lie  hath. 
Therefore  speak  I  to  them  in  parables ;  because  seeing  they  see 
not,  and   hearing   they   hear  not,  neither  do  they  understand. 
And  unto  them  is  fulfilled  the  prophecy  of  Isaiah,  which  saith, 
By  hearing  ye  shall  hear,  and  shall  in  no  wise  understand; 
And  seeing  ye  shall  see,  and  shall  in  no  wise  perceive  : 
For  this  people's  heart  is  waxed  gross, 
And  their  ears  are  dull  of  hearing, 
And  their  eyes  they  have  closed ; 
Lest  haply  they  should  perceive  with  their  eyes, 
And  hear  with  their  ears. 
And  understand  with  their  heart, 
And  should  turn  again. 
And  I  should  heal  them. 

But  blessed  are  your  eyes,  for  they  see ;  and  your  ears,  for 
they  hear.  For  verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  many  prophets  and 
righteous  men  desired  to  see  the  things  which  ye  see,  and  saw 
them  not ;  ana  to  hear  the  things  which  ye  hear,  and  heard  them 
not.  Hear  then  ye  the  parable  ot  the  sower.  The  seed  is  the 
word  of  God.  When  any  one  heareth  the  word  of  the  kingdom, 
and  understandeth  it  not,  t/ien  cometh  the  evil  one,  and  snatcheth 


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HIS  WORDS 

away  that  which  hath  been  sown  in  his  heart,  that  he  may  not 
believe  and  be  saved.  This  is  he  that  was  sown  by  the  way  side. 
And  he  that  was  sown  upon  the  rocky  places,  this  is  he  that  hear- 
eth  the  word,  and  straightway  with  joy  receiveth  it;  yet  hath  he 
not  root  in  himself,  but  endureth  for  a  while ;  and  when  tribula- 
tion or  persecution  ariseth  because  of  the  word,  straightway  he 
stumbleth.  And  he  that  was  sown  among  the  thorns,  this  is  he 
that  heareth  the  word;  and  the  care  of  the  world,  and  the  de- 
ceitfulness  of  riches,  and  pleasures  of  this  life,  choke  the  word, 
and  he  becometh  unfruitful.  And  he  that  was  sown  upon  the 
good  ground,  this  is  he  that  in  an  honest  and  good  heart  heareth 
the  word,  understandeth  it,  and  holds  it  fast :  who  verily  beareth 
fruit  with  patience,  and  bringeth  forth,  some  a  hundredfold,  some 
sixty,  some  thirty. 

(Another  parable.)  The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  likened  unto 
a  man  that  sowed  good  seed  in  his  field,  but  while  men  slept, 
his  enemy  came  and  sowed  tares  also  among  the  wheat,  and 
went  away.  But  when  the  blade  sprang  up,  and  brought  forth 
fruit,  then  appeared  the  tares  also.  And  the  servants  of  the 
householder  came  and  said  unto  him.  Sir,  didst  thou  not  sow 
good  seed  in  thy  field  ?  whence  then  hath  it  tares  ?  And  he 
said  unto  them,  An  enemy  hath  done  this.  And  the  servants 
say  unto  him,  Wilt  thou  then  that  we  go  and  gather  them  up? 
But  he  saith,  Nay,  lest  haply  while  ye  gather  up  the  tares,  ye 
root  up  the  wheat  with  them.  Let  both  grow  together  until  the 
harvest,  and  in  the  time  of  the  harvest  I  will  say  to  the  reapers. 
Gather  up  first  the  tares,  and  bind  them  in  bundles  to  burn 
them,  but  gather  the  wheat  into  my  barn. 

The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  a  grain  of  mustard  seed, 
which  a  man  took  and  sowed  in  his  field,  which  indeed  is  less 
than  all  seeds  :  but  when  it  is  grown,  it  is  greater  than  the  herbs, 
and  becometh  a  tree,  so  that  the  birds  of  the  heaven  come  and 
lodge  in  the  branches,  under  the  shadow  thereof. 

The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  leaven,  which  a  woman 
took,  and  hid  in  three  measures  of  meal,  till  it  was  all  leavened. 
To  His  Disciples.) 

He  that  soweth  the  good  seed  is  the  Son  of  man ;  and  the 
field  is  the  world;  and  the  good  seed,  these  are  the  sons  of 
the  kingdom;  and  the  tares  are  the  sons  of  the  evil  one;  and 
the  enemy  that  sowed  them  is  the  devil;  and  the  harvest  is  the 
end  of  the  world ;  and  the  reapers  are  angels.     As  therefore  the 


23 
HIS  WORDS. 

tares  are  gathered  up  and  burned  with  fire,  so  shall  it  be  in  the 
end  of  the  world.  The  Son  of  man  shall  send  forth  his  angels, 
and  they  shall  gather  out  of  his  kingdom  all  things  that  cause 
stumbling,  and  them  that  do  iniquity,  and  shall  cast  them  into 
the  furnace  of  fire ;  there  shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of 
teeth.  Then  shall  the  righteous  shine  forth  as  the  sun  in  the 
kingdom  of  their  Father.     He  that  hath  ears,  let  him  hear. 

The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  a  treasure  hidden  in  the 
field  ;  which  a  man  found,  and  hid,  and  in  his  joy  he  goeth  and 
selleth  all  that  he  hath,  and  buyeth  that  field. 

Again,  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  a  man  that  is  a 
merchant  seeking  goodly  pearls  :  and  having  found  one  pearl  of 
great  price,  he  went  and  sold  all  that  he  had,  and  bought  it. 

Again,  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  a  net,  that  was  cas 
into  the  sea,  and  gathered  of  every  kind :  which,  when  it  was 
filled,  they  drew  up  on  the  beach ;  and  they  sat  down,  and 
gathered  the  good  into  vessels,  but  the  bad  they  cast  away  So 
shall  it  be  in  the  end  of  the  world  :  the  angels  shall  come  forth, 
and  sever  the  wicked  from  among  the  righteous,  and  shall  cast 
them  into  the  furnace  of  fire  :  there  shall  be  the  weeping  and  the 
gnashing  of  teeth. 

Have  ye  understood  all  these  things  ?     .     .     Therefore  every 
scribe  who  hath  been  made  a  disciple  to  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
is  like  unto  a  man  that  is  a  householder,  which  bringeth  forth 
Oat  of  his  treasure  things  new  and  old. 
{Mark  and  Luke.) 

And  no  man,  when  he  hath  lighted  a  lamp,  covereth  it  with 
a  vessel,  or  putteth  it  under  a  bed;  but  putteth  it  on  a  stand, 
that  they  which  enter  in  may  see  the  light.  For  nothing  is  hid, 
that  shall  not  be  made  manifest ;  nor  any  thing  secret,  that  shall 
not  be  known  and  come  to  light. 

If  any  man  hath  ears  to  hear,  let  him  hear.  .  .  .  Take 
heed  what  ye  hear:  with  what  measure  ye  mete  it  shall  be 
measured  unto  you  :  and  more  shall  be  given  unto  you.  For  he 
that  hath,  to  him  shall  be  given :  and  he  that  hath  not,  from  him 
shall  be  taken  away,  even  that  which  he  thinketh  he  hath. 

So  is  the  kingdom  of  God,  as  if  a  man  should  cast  seed  upon 
the  earth  ;  and  should  sleep  and  rise  night  and  day,  and  the  seed 
should  spring  up  and  grow,  he  knoweth  not  how.  The  earth 
beareth  fruit  of  herself;  first  the  blade,  then  the   ear,  then  the 


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HIS  WORDS. 

full  com  in  the  ear.     But  when  the  fruit  is  ripe,  straightway  he 
putteth  forth  the  sickle,  because  the  harvest  is  come. 


His  ACTS. 

Galilee. 
Follow  me :  and    leave    the 


The  foxes  have  holes  and  the 
birds  of  the  heaven  have  nests  : 
but  the    Son   of  man  hath   not 
where  to  lay  his  head, 
dead  to  bury  their  own  dead; 


but  go  thou  and  publish  abroad  the  kingdom  of  God. 

No  man  having  put  his  hand  to  the  plow,  and  looking  back, 
is  fit  for  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Let  us  go  over  unto  the  other 
side  of  the  lake. 

Why  are  ye  fearful,  O  ye  of  lit- 
tle failh  ?  have  ye  not  yet  faith  ? 
{To  the  Tempe.'<t.) 

Peace,  be  hlill. 


Crossing  the  Lake,  he 
fell   aslee]>.    Awakes 
and  stills  the  tempest. 
Visits  Decapolis. 
Matt.  viii.  18-27. 
Mark  iv.  35-41. 
Luke  viii.  22-25. 
Luke  ix.  57-62. 
Gadara. 

Casts  the  devils  out  of 
the    Demoniac,    and 
tliey  ask  to  enter  the 
swine. 
Matt.  viii.  28-34. 
Mark  v.  1-20. 
Luke  viii.  20-39. 
(The   Gadarenes  reject 
him.) 


Capernaum. 
Levi's  Feast. 

Matt.  ix.  10-17. 

Mark  ii.  15-22. 

Luke  v.  28-39. 


Come  forth  thou  unclean  spirit, 
out  of  the  man.  What  is  thy 
name  ? 

Go  (into  the  swine.) 
{To  the  Man.) 

Go  to  thy  house  unto  thy 
friends,  and  tell  them  how  great 
things  the  Lord  hath  done  for 
thee,  and  how  he  had  mercy  on 
thee. 

They  that  are  whole  have  no 
need  of  a  physician,  but  they 
that  are  sick.  But  go  ye  and 
learn  what  t/tis  meaneth,  I  de- 
sire mercy,  and  not  sacrifice  :  for 
I  came  not  to  call  the  righteous, 
but  sinners  to  repentance.     .     . 

Can  the  sons  of  the  bride- 
chamber  mourn,  as  long  as  the 
bridegroom  is  with  them  ?  but 
the  days  will  come,  when  the 
bridegroom  shall  be  taken  away 
horn  them,  and  then  will  they 


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HIS  WORDS. 

fast.  And  no  man  putteth  a  piece  of  undressed  cloth  upon  an 
old  garment;  for  that  which  should  fill  it  up  taketh  from  the 
garment,  and  a  worse  rent  is  made.  Neither  do  nie7i  put  new 
wine  into  old  wine-skins  :  else  the  skins  burst,  and  the  wine  is 
spilled,  and  the  skins  perish  :  but  they  put  new  wine  into  fresh 
wine-skins,  and  both  are  preserved. 

HIS  ACTS. 


Jairus'  Daughter  raised. 

A  woman  healed.  Also 

two   blind  men,  and 

devil   cast   out    of  a 

dumb  man. 

Matt.  ix.  18-31. 
ISIark  V.  22-4B. 
Luke  viii.  41-5C. 


(Goes  about  preaching 

and  healing.) 
Nazareth . 

Matt.  xiii.  54-58. 
Mark  vi.  !-(>. 
(He  is  despised  and  re- 
jected.) 

Galilee. 

His  Third  Journey. 

Matt.  ix.  o5-;*. 

Matt.  X.  1-42. 

Matt.  xi.  1- 

Mark  vi.  6-13. 

Luke  ix.  1-6. 
He    sends  the    twelve 
forth  to  preach. 


Who  is  it  that  touched  my  gar- 
ment ?  Some  one  did  touch  me  : 
for  I  perceived  that  power  had 
gone  forth  from  me. 
{To  the  Woman.) 

Daughter,  be  of  good  cheer  : 
thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole  : 
go  in  peace. 
{To  Jairus.) 

P^ear  not :  only  believe,  and 
she  shall  be  made  whole. 
Give  place.     Weep  not :  for  the 
damsel  is  not  dead,  but  sleepeth. 

Maiden,  arise!  (Let)  some- 
thing be  given  her  to  eat. 

Tell  no  man  (of  this). 
{To  Blind  Men.) 

Believe  ye  that  I  am  able  to 
do  this  ?  .  .  .  According  to 
your  faith  be  it  done  unto  you. 

See  that  no  man  know  it. 

A  prophet  is  not  without  hon- 
or, save  in  his  own  country  and 
among  his  own  kin,  and  in  his 
own  house. 

The  harvest  truly  is  plenteous 
but  the  laborers  are  few.  Pray 
ye  therefore  the  Lord  of  the  har- 
vest, that  he  send  lorth  laborers 
into  his  harvest. 

Go  not  into  anj'  way  of  the 
Gentiles,  and  enter  not  into  any 


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HIS  WORDS. 

city  of  the  Samaritans:  but  go  rather  to  the  lost  sheep  of  the 
house  of  Israel.  And  as  ye  go,  preach,  saying,  The  kingdom 
of  heaven  is  at  hand.  Heal  the  sick,  raise  the  dead,  cleanse  the 
lepers,  cast  out  devils  :  freely  ye  received,  freely  give.  Get  you 
no  gold,  nor  silver,  nor  brass  in  your  purses  :  no  wallet  for  your 
journey,  neither  two  coats,  nor  staff,  but  go  shod  with  sandals  : 
for  the  laborer  is  worthy  of  his  food.  And  into  whatsoever 
city  or  village  ye  shall  enter,  search  out  who  in  it  is  worthy ;  and 
there  abide  till  ye  go  forth.  And  as  ye  enter  into  the  house, 
salute  it.  And  if  the  house  be  worthy,  let  your  peace  come 
upon  it :  but  if  it  be  not  worthy,  let  your  peace  return  to  you. 
And  whosoever  shall  not  receive  you,  nor  hear  your  words,  as  ye 
go  forth  out  of  that  house  or  that  city,  shake  off  the  dust  of  your 
feet.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  It  shall  be  more  tolerable  for  the 
land  of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  in  the  day  of  judgement,  than  for 
that  city. 

Behold,  I  send  you  forth  as  sheep  in  the  midst  of  wolves  :  be 
ye  therefore  wise  as  serpents  and  harmless  as  doves.  But  be- 
ware of  men :  for  they  will  deliver  you  up  to  councils,  and  in 
their  synagogues  they  will  scourge  you ;  yea,  and  before  govern- 
ors and  kings  shall  ye  be  brought  for  my  sake,  for  a  testimony 
to  them  and  to  the  Gentiles.  But  when  they  deliver  you  up,  be 
not  anxious  how  or  what  ye  shall  speak  :  for  it  shall  be  given 
you  in  that  hour  what  ye  shall  speak.  For  it  is  not  ye  that 
speak,  but  the  Spirit  of  your  Father  that  speaketh  in  you.  And 
brother  shall  deliver  up  brother  to  death,  and  the  father  his 
child  :  and  children  shall  rise  up  against  parents,  and  cause 
them  to  be  put  to  death.  And  ye  shall  be  hated  of  all  men  for 
my  name's  sake  :  but  he  that  endureth  to  the  end,  the  same 
shall  be  saved.  But  when  they  persecute  you  in  this  city,  flee 
into  the  next ;  for  verily  1  say  unto  you.  Ye  shall  not  have  gone 
through  the  cities  of  Israel,  till  the  Son  of  man  be  come. 

A  disciple  is  not  above  his  master,  nor  a  servant  above  his 
lord.  It  is  enough  for  the  disciple  that  he  be  as  his  master, 
and  the  servant  as  his  lord.  If  they  have  called  the  master 
of  the  house  Beelzebub,  how  much  more  shall  they  call  them  of 
his  household !  Fear  them  not  therefore:  for  there  is  nothing 
covered  that  shall  not  be  revealed;  and  hid,  that  shall  not  be 
known.  What  I  tell  you  in  the  darkness,  speak  ye  in  the  light : 
and  what  ye  hear  in  the  ear,  proclaim  upon  the  housetops.  And 
be  not  afraid  of  them  which  kill  the  body,  but  are  not  able  to 


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HIS  WORDS. 

kill  the  soul :  but  rather  fear  him  which  is  able  to  destroy  both 
soul  and  body  in  hell.  Are  not  two  sparrows  sold  for  a  farth- 
ing ?  and  not  one  of  them  shall  fall  on  the  ground  without  your 
Father :  but  the  very  hairs  of  your  head  ai-e  all  numbered.  Fear 
not  therefore ;  ye  are  of  more  value  than  many  sparrows.  Every 
one  therefore  who  shall  confess  me  before  men,  him  will  I  also 
confess  before  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven.  But  whosoever 
shall  deny  me  before  men,  him  will  I  also  deny  before  my 
Father  which  is  in  heaven.  Think  not  that  I  came  to  send  peace 
on  the  earth :  I  came  not  to  send  peace,  but  a  sword.  For  I 
came  to  set  a  man  at  variance  against  his  father,  and  the  daugh- 
ter against  her  mother,  and  the  daughter-in-law  against  her 
mother-in-law  :  and  a  man's  foes  shall  be  they  of  his  own  house- 
hold. He  that  loveth  father  or  mother  more  than  me  is  not 
worthy  of  me.  And  he  that  loveth  son  or  daughter  more  than 
me  is  not  worthy  of  me.  And  he  that  doth  not  take  his  cross 
and  follow  after  me,  is  not  worthy  of  me.  He  that  findeth  his 
life  shall  lose  it;  and  he  that  loseth  his  life  for  my  sake  shall 
find  it. 

He  that  receiveth  you  receiveth  me,  and  he  that  receiveth  me 
receiveth  him  that  sent  me.  He  that  receiveth  a  prophet  in  the 
name  of  a  prophet  shall  receive  a  prophet's  reward  ;  and  he  that 
receiveth  a  righteous  man  in  the  name  of  a  righteous  man  shall 
receive  a  righteous  man's  reward.  And  whosoever  shall  give  to 
drink  unto  one  of  these  little  ones  a  cup  of  cold  water  only,  in 
the  name  of  a  disciple,  verily  I  say  unto  you,  he  shall  in  no  wise 
lose  his  rew^ard. 

HIS  ACTS. 

J.  C.  Matt.  xiv. 1-21. 

Markvi.  14-44. 
33.  Luke  ix.  7-17. 

John  vi.  7-14. 
April.    John      beheaded      by 
Herod. 
Jesus     and      Disciples 
cross  the  Sea  of  Gal- 
ilee. 
He    heals  many  sick, 
blesses  the  five  loaves 
and  two  lishes.   and 
teeds   the  multitude, 
over     5000     persons, 
near  Bethsalda. 


Come  ye  yourselves  apart 
unto  a  desert  place,  and  rest 
awhile  to  eat. 

Philip,  whence  are  we  to 
buy  bread,  that  these  may  eat? 
they  have  no  need  to  go  away  : 
How  many  loaves  have  ye  ?  go 


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HIS  ACTS. 


He  ^oes  on  the  moun- 
tain to  pray.  Walks 
npon  the  Sea  of  Gali- 
lee, in  the  night,  and 
heals  many  at  Genne- 
saret. 

Matt.  xiv.  22-36. 
Mark  vi.  45-52. 

(The  people  would 
make  him  King,  and 
He  withdraws  to  the 
Mountain.) 

Capernaum. 

Synagogue. 

John  vi.  15-71. 

His  discourse  offends, 
and  many  turn  back. 

Peter  Asserts  His  Faith . 


His  WORDS. 

and  see, — Bring  them  hither  to 
me,  make  the  people  sit  down 
by  companies  upon  the  grass, 
about  fifty  each : — give  ye  them 
to  eat.  Gather  up  the  broken 
pieces  which  remain  over,  that 
nothing  be  lost. 

Be  of  good  cheer;  It  is  I,  be 
not  afraid. 
(To  Peter,)  Come.       (Sinking.) 

O  thou  of  little  faith  where- 
fore didst  thou  doubt  ? 

Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you, 
Ye  seek  me,  not  because  ye  saw 
signs,  but  because  ye  ate  of  the 
loaves,  and  were  filled.  Work 
not  for  the  meat  which  perisheth, 
but  for  the  meat  which  abideth 
unto  eternal  life,  which  the  Son 
of  man  shall  give  unto  you  :  for 


him  the  Father,  even  God,  hath  sealed.     .     .     . 

This  is  the  work  of  God,  that  ye  believe  on  him  whom  he 
hath  sent.         ..... 

Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  It  was  not  Moses  that  gave  you 
the  bread  out  of  heaven  ;  but  my  Father  giveth  you  the  true 
bread  out  of  heaven.  For  the  bread  of  God  is  that  which  cometh 
down  out  of  heaven,  and  giveth  life  unto  the  world. 

I  am  the  bread  of  life  :  he  that  cometh  to  me  shall  not  hunger, 
and  he  that  believeth  on  me  shall  never  thirst.  But  I  said  unto 
you,  that  ye  have  seen  me  and  yet  believe  not.  AH  that  which 
the  Father  giveth  me  shall  come  unto  me ;  and  him  that  cometh 
to  me  I  will  in  no  wise  cast  out.  For  I  am  come  down  from 
heaven,  not  to  do  mine  own  will,  but  the  will  of  him  that  sent 
me.  And  this  is  the  will  of  him  that  sent  me,  that  of  all  that 
which  he  hath  given  me  I  should  lose  nothing,  but  should  raise 
it  up  at  the  last  day.  For  this  is  the  will  of  my  Father,  that 
every  one  that  beholdeth  the  Son,  and  believeth  on  him,  should 
have  eternal  life;  and  I  will  raise  him  up  at  the  last  day.  .  . 
.  .  .  Murmur  not  among  yourselves.  No  man  can  come  to  me, 
except  the  Father  which  sent  me  draw  him :  and  I  will  raise 


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HIS  WORDS. 

him  up  in  the  last  day.  It  is  written  in  the  prophets,  And  they 
shall  all  be  taught  of  God.  Every  one  that  hath  heard  from  the 
Father,  and  hath  learned,  cometh  unto  me.  Not  that  any  man 
hath  seen  the  Father,  save  he  which  is  from  God,  he  hath  seen 
the  Father.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you.  He  that  believeth 
hath  eternal  life.  I  am  the  bread  of  life.  Your  fathers  did  eat 
the  manna  in  the  wilderness,  and  they  died.  This  is  the  bread 
which  cometh  down  out  of  heaven,  that  a  man  may  eat  thereof, 
and  not  die.  I  am  the  living  bread  which  came  down  out  of 
heaven  :  if  any  man  eat  of  this  bread,  he  shall  live  forever :  yea, 
and  the  bread  which  I  will  give  is  my  flesh,  for  the  life  of  the 
world. 

Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  Except  ye  eat  the  flesh  of  the 
Son  of  man,  and  drink  his  blood,  ye  have  not  life  in  yourselves. 
He  that  eateth  my  flesh  and  drinketh  my  blood  hath  eternal 
life;  and  I  will  raise  him  up  at  the  last  day.  For  my  flesh  is 
meat  indeed,  and  my  blood  is  drink  indeed.  He  that  eateth  my 
flesh  and  drinketji  my  blood  abideth  in  me,  and  I  in  him.  As 
the  living  Father  sent  Jme,  and  I  live  because  of  the  Father,  so 
he  that  eateth  me,  he  also  shall  live  because  of  me.  This  is  the 
bread  which  came  down  out  of  heaven :  not  as  the  fathers  did 
eat,  and  died  :  he  that  eateth  this  bread  shall  live  for  ever,     . 

Doth  this  cause  you  to  stumble  ?  What  then  if  ye  should  be- 
hold the  Son  of  man  ascending  where  he  was  before  ?  It  is  the 
spirit  that  quickeneth ;  the  flesh  profiteth  nothing :  the  words 
that  I  have  spoken  unto  you  are  spirit,  and  are  life.     But  there 

are  some  of  you  that  believe  not For  this  cause 

have  I  said  unto  you,  that  no  man  can  come  unto  me,  except  it 
be  given  unto  him  of  the  Father. 

Would  ye  also  go  away?  Did  not  I  choose  you  the  twelve, 
and  one  of  you  is  a  devil  ? 


HIS  ACTS. 


J.  c, 


Matt,  xv.1-20. 
Mark  vii.  1-23. 
33.       Capernaum. 

Commandments  of  God 
Summer,     vs  Traditions  of  men. 


Why  do  ye  also  transgress  the 
commandment  of  God  because 
of  the  tradition  of  men  ?  For 
God  said.  Honor  thy  father  and 
thy  mother  :  and,  He  that  speak- 
eth  evil  of  father  or  mother,  let 
him  die  the  death.  But  ye  say. 
Whosoever    shall     say    to    his 


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HIS  WORDS. 

father  or  his  mother,  That  wherewith  thou  mightest  have  been 
profited  by  me  is  given  to  God ;  he  shall  not  honor  his  father. 
Ye  no  longer  suffer  him  to  do  aught  for  his  father  or  his  mother. 
And  many  such  like  things  do  ye,  making  void  the  word  of  God 
because  of  your  tradition.  Ye  hypocrites,  well  did  Isaiah  pro- 
phesy of  you,  saying, 

This  people  honoreth  me  with  their  lips  ; 

But  their  heart  is  far  from  me. 

But  in  vain  do  they  worship  me. 

Teaching  as  their  doctrines  the  precepts  of  men. 

Hear,  and  understand.  Not  that  which  entereth  into  the  mouth 
defileth  the  man ;  but  that  which  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth, 
this  defileth  the  man.  .  .  .  Every  plant  which  my  heavenly 
Father  planted  not,  shall  be  rooted  up.  Let  them  alone :  they 
are  blind  guides.     And  if  the  blind  guide  the  blind,  both  shall 

fall  into  a  pit 

{To  Disciples.) 

Are  ye  also  even  yet  without  understanding?  Perceive  ye 
not,  that  whatsoever  goeth  into  the  mouth,  goeth  not  into  the 
heart,  but  passeth  into  the  belly,  and  is  cast  out  into  the  draught  ? 
But  the  things  which  proceed  out  of  the  mouth  come  forth  out 
of  the  heart;  and  they  defile  the  man.  For  out  of  the  heart 
come  forth  evil  thoughts,  murders,  adulteries,  fornications,  thefts, 
false  witness,  railings,  coveting,  wickedness,  deceit,  lasciviousness 
an  evil  eye,  foolishness,  these  are  the  things  which  defile  the  man  : 
but  to  eat  with  unwashen  hands  defileth  not  the  man. 


HIS  ACTS. 

Kegion  Tyre  and  Sidon. 

Matt.  XV.  21-28. 

Mark.  vii.  24-30. 

Heals  Daughter  of  Syro- 

phenician  woman. 


Heals  the  Deaf 
Dumb,  Lame 
Blind. 

JNlark  vii.  31-37, 


and 
and 


I  was  not  sent  but  unto  th^ 
lost  sheep  of  the  house  of  Israel. 
{To  the  Woma7i.) 

Let  the  children  first  be  filled: 
for  it  is  not  meet  to  take  the  chil- 
dren's bread  and  cast  it  to  the 
dogs.  .  (She  claims  the  dogs' 
portion.) 

O  Woman,  great  is  thy  faith  : 
for  this  saying  go  thy  way ;  be  it 
done  unto  thee  even  as  thou  wilt. 
The  devil  is  gone  out  of  thy 
daughter. 

(Deaf  and  dumb.)  Ephpha- 
tha,  (be  opened)  tell  no  man.  . 


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HIS  ACTS. 


Decapolis. 

Matt.  XV.  29-39. 
Mark  viii.  1-9. 
Four  Thousand  Fed. 
Seven  loaves  and  fishes. 
Seven  baskets  of  frag- 
ments left. 


Near  Magdala. 

Matt.  xvi.  1-4. 

Mark  viii.  10-12. 
Pharisees  Seek  a  Sign. 


HIS  WORDS. 

I  have  compassion  on  the 
multitude,  because  they  continue 
with  me  now  three  days,  and 
have  nothing  to  eat :  and  I  would 
not  send  them  away  fasting,  lest 
haply  they  faint  by  the  way. 
How  many  loaves  have  ye  ? 
(Let)  the  multitude  sit  down  on 
the  ground.  (They  were  al 
filled.) 

(Sighing  deeply.)  Why  doth 
this  generation  seek  a  sign  ? 

When  it  is  evening,  ye  say, 


//  will  be  fair  weather :  for  the  heaven  is  red.  And  in  the 
morning,  //  tuill  be  foul  weather  to-day :  for  the  heaven  is  red 
and  lowring.  Ye  know  how  to  discern  the  face  of  the  heaven  ; 
but  ye  cannot  discer-n  the  signs  of  the  times.  An  evil  and  adul- 
terous generation  seeketh  after  a  sign ;  and  there  shall  no  sign 
be  given  unto  it,  but  the  sign  of  Jonah, 


Galilee. 

Matt.  xvi.  5-12. 
Mark  viii.  13-21. 
Beware  of  the  leaven 
of  the  Pharisees, 


Take  heed  and  beware  of  the 
leaven  of  the  Pharisees  and  Sad- 
duces,  and  the  leaven  of  Herod. 
,  ,  .  .  O  ye  of  little  faith, 
why  reason  ye  among  yourselves 
because  ye  have  no  bread  ?  Do  ye  not  yet  perceive,  neither  un- 
derstand ?  Have  ye  your  heart  hardened  ?  having  eyes,  see  ye 
not  ?  and  having  ears,  hear  ye  not  ?  neither  remember  the  five 
loaves  of  the  five  thousand,  and  how  many  baskets  ye  took  up? 
neither  the  seven  loaves  of  the  four  thousand,  and  how  many 
baskets  ye  took  up  ?  How  is  it  that  ye  do  not  perceive  that  I 
spake  not  to  you  concerning  bread  ?  But  beware  of  the  leaven 
of  the  Pharisees  and  Sadduces. 


Bethsaida. 
Heals  Blind  Man. 

Mark  viii.  22-26. 
Cesarea  Philippi, 

Matt.  xvi.  13-28. 

Mark  viii.  27-39. 

Luke  ix.  18-27. 
Discinles  profess  their 
faitn.    Death  and  res- 
urrection foretold. 


Seest  thou  aught  ? 

Do  not  even  enter  into  the 
village. 

Who  do  men  say  that  the  Son 
of  man  is  ?  ,  ,  But  who  do  ye  say 
that  I  am  ?  Peter  answered ,  Thou 
art  the  Son  of  the  living  God. 

Blessed  art  thou,  Simon  Bar 


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HIS  WORDS. 

Jonah :  for  flesh  and  blood  hath  not  revealed  it  unto  thee,  but  my 
Father  which  is  in  heaven.  And  I  also  say  unto  thee,  that  thou 
art  Peter,  and  upon  this  rock  I  will  build  my  church ;  and  the 
gates  of  Hades  shall  not  prevail  against  it.  I  will  give  unto 
thee  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven :  and  whatsoever  thou 
shalt  bind  on  earth  shall  be  bound  in  heaven :  and  whatsoever 
thou  shalt  loose  on  earth  shall  be  loosed  in  heaven.  Then 
charged  he  the  disciples  that  they  should  tell  no  man 
that  he  was  the  Christ.  And  told  them  that  he  must 
go  unto  Jerusalem,  and  suffer  many  things,  and  be  rejected 
by   the   elders   and   chief  priests  and   scribes,    and  be   killed, 

and  the  third  day  be  raised  up 

(Rebukes  Peter.)  Get  thee  behind  me,  Satan  :  thou  art  a 
stumblingblock  unto  me :  for  thou  mindest  not  the  things  of 
God,  but  the  things  of  men 

If  any  man  would  come  after  me,  let  him  deny  himself,  and 
take  up  his  cross,  and  follow  me.  For  whosoever  would  save 
his  life  shall  lose  it :  and  whosoever  shall  lose  his  life  for  my 
sake  and  the  Gospel's  shall  find  it.  For  what  shall  a  man  be 
profited,  if  he  shall  gain  the  whole  world,  and  forfeit  his  life  ? 
or  what  shall  a  man  give  in  exchange  for  his  life  ? 

For  whosoever  shall  be  ashamed  of  me  and  of  my  words  in 
this  adulterous  and  sinful  generation,  the  Son  of  man  also  shall 
be  ashamed  of  him. 

For  the  Son  of  man  shall  come  in  the  glory  of  his  Father, 
with  his  angels ;  and  then  shall  he  render  unto  every  man  ac- 
cording to  his  deeds.  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  There  be  some  of 
them  that  stand  here,  which  shall  in  no  wise  taste  of  death,  till 
Ihey  see  the  kingdom  of  God  come  with  power. 


HIS  ACTS. 

Cesarea  Philippi. 

Transfiguration. 

Mt.  Hermon  (or  Taber.) 

Matt.  xvii.  1-13. 

Mark  ix.  2-13. 


(He    talks   with    Moses   and 
Elijah.) 
( To  Disciples ) 

Arise,  and  be  not  afraid. 

Tell  the  vision  to  no  man, 
until  the  Son  of  man  be  risen 
from  the  dead.  Elijah  indeed 
Cometh,  and  shall  restore  all 
things  :  but  I  say  unto  you,  that 
Elijah  is  come  already,  and  they 


HIS  ACTS. 


Heals  Demoniac  Boy. 
Matt.  xvii.  14-21. 
Mark  ix.  14-29. 
Luke  ix.  37-18. 


Disciples  Failed. 


Galilee. 

Matt.  xvii.  22-23. 

Mark  ix.  30-32. 

Luke  ix.  44--45. 
Speaks  again  of  his  res- 
urrection. 


Capernaum. 
Tribute  money  miracu- 
lously provided. 
IVIatt.  xvii.  24-27. 


HIS  WORDS. 

knew  him  not,  but  did  unto  him 
whatsoever  they  listed.  Even 
so  shall  the  Son  of  man  also 
suffer  of  them. 

What  question  ye  with  them  ? 

O  faithless  and  perverse  gen- 
eration, how  long:  shall  I  be  with 
you  ?  how  long  shall  I  bear  with 
you  ?  bring  him  hither  to  me. 
How  long  is  it  since  this  hath 
come  unto  him  ?  If  thou  canst : 
all  things  are  possible  to  him 
that  believeth. 

Thou  dumb  and  deaf  spirit,  I 
command  thee.  Come  out  of  him, 
and  enter  no  more  into  him. 
{To  His  Disciples.) 

Because  of  your  little  faith : 
for  verily  I  say  unto  you,  If  ye 
have  faith  as  a  grain  of  mustard 
seed,  ye  shall  say  unto  this  moun- 
tain, Remove  hence  to  yonder 
place  and  it  shall  remove :  and 
nothing,  shall  be  impossible  unto 
you  :  this  kind  can  come  out  by 
nothing,  save  by  prayer. 

Let  these  words  sink  into  your 
ears :  for  the  Son  of  man  shall 
be  delivered  up  into  the  hands 
of  men :  and  they  shall  kill  him ; 
and  when  he  is  killed,  after 
three  days  he  shall  rise  again. 

What  thinkest  thou,  Simon? 
the  kings  of  the  earth,  from 
whom  do  they  receive  toll  or 
tribute  ?  from  their  sons,  or  from 
strangers?  .  .  Therefore  the 
sons  are  free.  But,  lest  we 
cause  them  to  stumble,  go  thou 
to  the  sea,  and  cast  a  hook,  and 
take  up  the  fish  that  first  cometh 


34 


HIS  ACTS. 


HIS  WORDS. 


Capernaum. 

Who  Shall  be  Greatest? 

Matt,  xviil.  1-35. 

Mark  ix.  33-50. 

Luke  ix.  46-50. 


up ;  and  when  thou  hast  opened 
his  mouth,  thou  shalt  find  a  she- 
kel :  that  take,  and  give  unto 
them  for  me  and  thee. 

What  were   ye  reasoning   in 
the  way  ?     .     .     .     If  any  man 
would  be  first,  he  shall  be  last 
of  all  and  minister  of  all :  for  he 
that  is  least  among  you,  the  same  is  great. 
(Taking  a  little  child  in  his  arms.) 

Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Except  ye  turn,  and  become  as  little 
children,  ye  shall  in  no  wise  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
Whosoever  therefore  shall  humble  himself  as  this  little  child, 
the  same  is  the  greatest  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  And 
whoso  shall  receive  one  such  little  child  in  my  *ame  re- 
ceiveth  me ;'  and  whosoever  shall  receive  me  receivelh  him  that 
sent  me :  but  whoso  shall  cause  one  of  these  little  ones  which 
believe  on  me  to  stumble,  it  is  profitable  for  him  that  a  great 
millstone  should  be  hanged  about  his  neck,  and  that  he  should 
be  sunk  in  the  depth  of  the  sea.  Woe  unto  the  world  because 
of  occasions  of  stumbling !  for  it  must  needs  be  that  the  occa- 
sions come ;  but  woe  to  that  man  through  whom  the  occasion 
Cometh  !  And  if  thy  hand  or  thy  foot  causeth  thee  to  stumble, 
cut  it  off,  and  cast  it  from  thee  :  it  is  good  for  thee  to  enter  into 
life  maimed  or  halt,  rather  than  having  two  hands  or  two  feet  to 
be  cast  into  the  eternal  fire.  And  if  thine  eye  causeth  thee  to 
stumble,  pluck  it  out,  and  cast  it  from  thee  :  it  is  good  for  thee  to 
enter  into  life  with  one  eye,  rather  than  having  two  eyes  to  be 
cast  into  the  hell  of  fire.  See  that  ye  despise  not  one  of  these 
little  ones ;  for  I  say  unto  you,  that  in  heaven  their  angels  do  al- 
ways behold  the  face  of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven.  How 
think  ye  ?  if  any  man  have  a  hundred  sheep,  and  one  of  them  be 
gone  astray,  dot^  he  not  leave  the  ninety  and  nine,  and  go  unto 
the  mountains,  and  seek  that  which  goeth  astray  ?  And  if  so  be 
that  he  find  it,  verily  I  say  unto  you,  he  rejoiceth  over  it  more 
than  over  the  ninety  and  nine  which  have  not  gone  astray. 
Even  so  it  is  not  the  will  of  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven, 
that  one  of  these  little  ones  should  perish. 

And  if  thy  brother  sin  against  thee,  go  shew  him  his  fault  be- 
tween thee  and  him  alone  :  if  he  hear  thee,  thou  hast  gained  thy 
brother.     But  if  he  hear  thee  not,  take  with  thee  one  or  two 


35 
HIS  WORDS. 

more,  that  at  the  mouth  of  two  witnesses  or  three  every  word  may 
be  established.  And  if  he  refuse  to  hear  them,  tell  it  unto  the 
church  :  and  if  he  refuse  to  hear  the  church  also,  let  him  be  unto 
thee  as  the  Gentile  and  the  publican.  Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
"What  things  soever  ye  shall  bind  on  earth  shall  be  bound  in 
heaven :  and  what  things  soever  ye  shall  loose  on  earth  shall  be 
loosed  in  heaven.  Again  I  say  unto  you,  that  if  two  of  you 
shall  agree  on  earth  as  touching  any  thing  that  they  shall  ask,  it 
shall  be  done  for  them  of  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven.  For 
where  two  or  three  are  gathered  together  in  my  name,  there  am 
I  in  the  midst  of  them. 

Forgiveness  of  Injuries.  ',  Peter  said.  Lord,  how  oft 
shall  my  brother  sin  against  me,  and  I  forgive  him  ?  .  .  I  say 
not  unto  thee,  Until  seven  ;  but.  Until  seventy  times  seven.  There- 
fore is  the  kingdom  of  heaven  likened  unto  a  certain  king, 
which  would  make  a  reckoning  with  his  servants.  And  when 
he  had  begun  to  reckon,  one  was  brought  unto  him,  whi^h  owed 
him  ten  thousand  talents.  But  forasmuch  as  he  had  not  where- 
with  to  pay,  his  lord  commanded  him  to  be  sold,  and  his  wife, 
and  children,  and  all  that  he  had,  and  payment  to  be  made. 
The  servant  therefore  fell  down  and  worshipped  him,  saying, 
Lord,  have  patience  with  me,  and  I  will  pay  thee  all.  And  the 
lord  of  that  servant,  being  moved  with  compassion,  released  him, 
and  forgave  him  the  debt.  But  that  servant  went  out,  and  found 
one  of  his  fellow-servants,  which  owed  him  a  hundred  pence  : 
and  he  laid  hold  on  him,  and  took  him  by  the  throat,  saying,  Pay 
what  thou  owest.  So  his  fellow-servant  fell  down  and  besought 
him,  saying.  Have  patience  with  me,  and  I  will  pay  thee.  And 
he  would  not :  but  went  and  cast  him  into  prison,  till  he  should 
pay  that  which  was  due.  So  when  his  fellow-servants  saw  what 
was  done,  they  were  exceeding  sorry,  and  came  and  told  unto 
their  lord  all  that  was  done.  Then  his  lord  called  him  unto  him, 
and  saith  to  him,  Thou  wicked  servant,  I  forgave  thee  all  that 
debt,  because  thou  besoughtest  me  :  shouldest  not  thou  also  have 
had  mercy  on  thy  fellow-servant,  even  as  I  had  mercy  on  thee  ? 
And  his  lord  was  wroth,  and  delivered  him  to  the  tormentors, 
till  he  should  pay  all  that  was  due.  So  shall  also  my  heavenly 
Father  do  unto  you,  if  ye  forgive  not  every  one  his  brother  from 
your  hearts. 


36 


HIS  ACTS. 


To  John  who  forbade 
one  casting  out  devils. 


HIS  WORDS. 


(Christian  Fellowship.) 

.     .     .     Forbid  him  not :  for 


there  is  no  man  which  shall  do  a  mighty  work  in  my  name, 
and  be  able  quickly  to  speak  evil  of  me.  For  he  that  is 
not  against  us  is  for  us.  For  whosoever  shall  give  you  a 
cup  of  water  to  drink,  because  ye  are  Christ's,  verily  I  say  unto 
you,  he  shall  in  no  wise  lose  his  reward.  And  whosoever  shall 
cause  one  of  these  little  ones  that  believe  on  me  to  stumble,  it 
were  better  for  him  if  a  great  millstone  were  hanged  about  his 
neck,  and  he  were  cast  into  the  sea.  And  if  thy  hand  cause  thee 
to  stumble,  cut  it  off:  it  is  good  for  thee  to  enter  into  life 
maimed,  rather  than  having  thy  two  hands  to  go  into  hell,  into 
the  unquenchable  fire.  And  if  thy  foot  cause  thee  to  stumble, 
cut  it  off:  it  is  good  for  thee  to  enter  into  life  halt,  rather  than 
having  thy  two  feet  to  be  cast  into  hell.  And  if  thine  eye  cause 
thee  to  stumble,  cast  it  out :  it  is  good  for  thee  to  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God  with  one  eye,  rather  than  having  two  eyes  to  be 
cast  into  hell ;  where  their  worm  dieth  not,  and  the  fire  is  not 
quenched.  For  every  one  shall  be  salted  with  fire.  Salt  is 
good :  but  if  the  salt  have  lost  its  saltncss,  wherewith  will  ye 
season  it  ?  Have  salt  in  yourselves,  and  be  at  peace  one  with 
another. 

.  .  .  My  time  is  not  yet 
come;  but  your  time  is  alway 
ready.  The  world  cannot  hate 
you ;  but  me  it  hatcth,  because  I  testify  of  it,  that  its  works  are 
evil.  Go  ye  up  unto  the  feast :  I  go  not  up  yet  unto  this  feast; 
because  my  time  is  not  yet  fulfilled.         .... 

.  .  .  My  teaching  is  not 
mine,  but  his  that  sent  me.  If 
4ny  man  willeth  to  do  his  will, 
he  shall  know  of  the  teaching,  whether  it  be  of  God,  or  whether 
I  speak  from  myself.  He  that  speaketh  from  himself  seeketh 
his  own  gloiy:  but  he  that  seeketh  the  gloiy  of  him  that  sent 
him,  the  same  is  true,  and  no  unrighteousness  is  in  him.  Did 
not  Moses  give  you  the  law,  and  j<?/  none  of  you  doeth  the  law  ? 
"Why  seek  ye  to  kill  me?  .... 

1  did  one  work,  and  ye  all  marvel.  For  this  cause  hath 
Moses  given  you  circumciiion  (not  that  it  is  of  Moses,  but  of  the 
fathers);  and  on  the  Sabbath  ye  circumcise  a  man.  If  a  man 
receiveih  circumcision  on  the  Sabbath,  that  the  law  of  Moses 


John  vii.  1-8. 
Tarries  in  Galilee. 
His  Time  not  Come. 


Jejusalcm. 
John  vii.  ll,to  viii  1. 


37 
HIS  WORDS. 

may  not  be  broken,  are  ye  wroth  with  me,  because  I  made  a 
man  every  whit  whole  on  the  Sabbath  ?  Judge  not  according  to 
appearance,  but  judge  righteous  judgment. 

.  .  Ye  both  know  me,  and  know  whence  I  am ;  and  I  am 
not  come  of  myself,  but  he  that  sent  me  is  true,  whom  ye 
know  not.  I  know  him;  because  I  am  from  him,  dnd  he  sent 
me. 

.  .  .  Yet  a  little  while  am  I  with  you,  and  I  go  unto  him 
that  sent  me.  Ye  shall  seek  me,  and  shall  not  find  me :  and 
where  I  am,  ye  cannot  come.         .... 

If  any  man  thirst,  let  him  come  unto  me,  and  drink. 
He  that  believeth  on  me,  as  the  Scripture  hath  said,  out  of  his 
belly  shall  flow  rivers  of  living  water.         .... 

Errata. — This  incident  should 
have  appeared  on  page  thirty-six, 
previous  to  arrival  at  Jerusalem. 
.     .     .     Ye   know  not   what 
manner  of  spirit  ye  are  of. 


HIS  ACTS. 

Enroute  to  Jerusalem. 
Samaritans  inhospit- 
able. 

Disciples   rebuked    for 
anger. 
Luke  ix.  51-56. 

Returns  from  Mount  of 
Olives. 

Woman  taken  In  adul- 
tery. 
John  viii.  2-11. 


{To  Her  Accusers:} 

He  that  is  without  sin  among 
you,  let  him  first  cast  a  stone  at 
her.     .     .     . 

Woman,  where  are  they  ?  did  no  man  condemn  thee  ?     .     . 
Neither  do  I  condemn  thee :  go  thy  way:    from  henceforth  sin 
no  more. 

""riluv'Sjtr'"     I      •,  •     I   ^m  the  light  of  the 

I  world :  he  that  followeth  me 
shall  not  walk  in  the  darkness,  but  shall  have  the  light  of  life. 
.  .  .  (The  Pharisees,  Thou  bearest  witness  of  thyself ;  thy  wit- 
ness is  not  true.)  (Jesus  answered),  Even  if  I  bear  witness  of  my- 
self, my  witness  is  true ;  for  I  know  whence  I  came,  and  whither 
I  go ;  but  ye  know  not  whence  I  come,  or  whither  I  go.  Ye  j  udge 
after  the  flesh  :  I  judge  no  man.  Yea,  and  if  I  judge,  my  judgment 
is  true ;  for  I  am  not  alone,  but  I  and  the  Father  that  sent  me. 
Yea,  and  in  your  law  it  is  written,  that  the  witness  of  two  men  is 
true.  I  am  he  that  beareth  witness  of  myself,  and  the  Father  that 
sent  me  beareth  witness  of  me.  .  .  Ye  know  neither  me,  nor 
my  Father :  if  ye  knew  me,  ye  would  know  my  Father  also.     . 


38 
HIS  WORDS. 

.  .  .  I  go  away,  and  ye  shall  seek  me,  and  shall  die  in 
your  sin  :  whither  I  go,  ye  cannot  come,  ...  Ye  are  from 
beneath;  I  am  from  above  :  ye  are  of  this  world;  I  am  not  of 
this  world.  I  said  therefore  unto  you,  that  ye  shall  die  in  your 
sins :  for  except  ye  believe  that  I  am  he,  ye  shall  die  in  your 
sins.         .  •       . 

Even  that  which  I  have  also  spoken  unto  you  from  the  begin- 
ning. I  have  many  things  to  speak  and  to  judge  concerning 
you:  howbeit  he  that  sent  me  is  true;  and  the  things  which  I 
heard  from  him,  these  speak  I  unto  the  world,  .  .  .  When 
ye  have  lifted  up  the  Son  of  man,  then  shall  ye  know  that  I  am 
he,  and  that  I  do  nothing  of  myself,  but  as  the  Father  taught  me, 
I  speak  these  things.  And  he  that  sent  me  is  with  me  ;  he  hath 
not  left  me  alone;  for  I  do  always  the  things  that  are  pleasing 
to  him.         ..... 

.  .  .  If  ye  abide  in  my  word,  then  are  ye  truly  my  disci- 
ples; and  ye  shall  know  the  truth,  and  the  truth  shall  make  you 
free.  .... 

Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  Every  one  that  committeth  sin 
is  the  bond-servant  of  sin.  And  the  bond-servant  abideth  not  in 
the  house  for  ever:  the  Son  abideth  for  ever.  If  therefore  the 
Son  shall  make  you  free,  ye  shall  be  free  indeed.  I  know  that 
ye  are  Abraham's  seed;  yet  ye  seek  to  kill  me,  because  my  word 
hath  not  free  course  in  you,  .  I  speak  the  things  which  I  have 
seen  with  viy  Father :  and  ye  also  do  the  things  which  ye  heard 
from  your  father.  .... 

If  ye  were  Abraham's  children,  ye  would  do  the  v/orks  of  Abra- 
ham. But  now  ye  seek  to  kill  me,  a  man  that  hath  told  you  the 
truth,  which  I  heard  from  God :  this  did  not  Abraham.  Ye  do 
the  works  of  your  father.  If  God  were  your  Father,  ye  would  love 
me  :  for  I  came  forth  and  am  come  from  God ;  for  neither  have 
I  come  of  myself,  but  he  sent  me.  Why  do  ye  not  understand 
my  speech  ?  Even  because  ye  cannot  hear  my  word.  Ye  are 
of  your  father  the  devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your  father  it  is  your 
will  to  do.  He  was  a  murderer  from  the  beginning,  and  stood 
not  in  the  truth,  because  there  is  no  truth  in  him.  When  he 
speaketh  a  lie,  he  speaketh  of  his  own  :  for  he  is  a  liar,  and  the 
father  thereof.  But  because  I  say  the  truth,  ye  believe  me  not. 
Which  of  you  convicteth  me  of  sin  ?  If  I  say  truth,  why  do  ye 
not  believe  me  ?  He  that  is  of  God  heareth  the  words  of  God  : 
for  this  cause  ye  hear  them  not,  because  ye  are  not  of  God.     . 


39 
HIS  WORDS. 

I  have  not  a  devil :  but  I  honor  my  Father,  and  ye  dishonor 
me.  But  I  seek  not  mine  own  glory  :  there  is  one  that  seeketh 
and  jud:^elh.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  If  a  man  keep  my 
vvv)nl,  he  sh dl  never  see  death,  .... 

If  [  glorify  myself,  my  glory  is  nothing  :  it  is  my  Father  that 
glorificth  me ;  of  whom  ye  say,  that  he  is  your  Goa  ;  and  ye 
have  not  known  him;  but  I  know  him;  and  if  I  should  say,  I 
know  him  not,  I  shall  be  like  unto  you,  a  liar :  but  I  know  him, 
and  keep  his  word.  Your  father  Abraham  rejoiced  to  see  my 
day;  and  he  saw  it,  and  was  gla,d.  .  .  ,  Verily,  verily,  I 
sav  unto  you,  Before  Abraham  was,  I  am. 
{To  Disciples,) 

H3S  ACTS.  I  ^ .,,    ,.,  ^,. 

...     Neither  did  this  man 
Jerusalem.  sin,  nor  his  parents  :  but  that  the 

TToi?^l^i!^;i^";^Vr,    ^«    works  of  God  should  be  made 

Heal*    blina   man    on  .^      .    ,  .  ^^^  .         i 

Sabbath.  |  manifest  in  him.     We  must  work 

the  works  of  him  that  sent  me,  while  it  is  day  :  the  night  cometh, 

when  no  man  can  work.     When  I  am  in  the  world,  I  am  the 

11  irht  of  the  world 

{To  Blind  Man.) 

Go,  wash  in  the  pool  of  Siloam, 

.     .     .     Dost  thou  believe  on  the  Son  of  God?     .     .     Thou 
hast  both  seen  him,  and  he  it  is  that  speaketh  with  thee.     .     . 
For  judgment  came  I  into  this  world,  that  they  which  see  not 
may  see ;  and  that  they  which  see  may  become  blind. 
{To  ike  Pkamees.) 

.  .  .  If  ye  were  blind,  ye  would  have  no  sin  ;  but  now  ye 
say,  We  see  :  your  sin  remaineth. 

John  X.  1--18.  ,      Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you. 

The  Good  Shepherd,  \  ^^  ^^^^  entereth  not  by  the 
door  into  the  fold  of  the  sheep,  but  climbeth  up  some  other 
way,  the  same  is  a  thief  and  a  robber.  But  he  that  entereth 
in  by  the  door  is  the  shepherd  of  the  sheep.  To  him  the 
porter  openeth ;  and  the  sheep  hear  his  voice;  and  he  calleth 
his  own  sheep  by  name,  and  leadeth  them  out.  When 
he  h:ith  put  forth  all  his  own,  he  goeth  before  them,  and 
tlie  sheep  follow  him :  for  they  know  his  voice.  And  a 
stranger  will  they  not  follow,  but  will  flee  from  him:  for  they 
know  not  the  voice  of  strangers.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
you,  I  am  the  door  of  the  sheep.     All  that  came  before  me  are 


40 
HIS  WORDS. 

thieves  and  robbers :  but  the  sheep  did  not  hear  them.  I  am 
the  door  :  by  me  if  any  man  enter  in,  he  shall  be  saved,  and 
shall  go  in  and  go  out,  and  shall  find  pasture.  The  thief  cometh 
not,  but  that  he  may  steal,  and  kill,  and  destroy  :  I  came  that  they 
may  have  life,  and  may  have  it  abundantly.  I  am  the  good  shep- 
herd :  the  good  shepherd  layeth  down  his  life  for  the  sheep.  He 
that  is  a  hireling,  and  not  a  shepherd,  whose  own  the  sheep  are  not, 
beholdeth  the  wolf  coming,  and  leaveth  the  sheep,  and  fleeth,  and 
the  wolf  snatcheth  them,  and  scattereth  them  :  he  fleeth  because 
he  is  a  hireling,  and  careth  not  for  the  sheep.  I  am  the  good 
shepherd;  and  I  know  mine  own,  and  mine  own  know  me,  even 
as  the  Father  knoweth  me,  and  I  know  the  Father;  and  I  lay 
down  my  life  for  the  sheep.  And  other  sheep  I  have,  which 
are  not  of  this  fold  :  them  also  I  must  bring,  and  they  shall  hear 
my  voice;  and  they  shall  become  one  flock,  one  shepherd. 
Therefore  doth  the  Father  love  me,  because  I  lay  down  my  life, 
that  I  may  take  it  again.  No  one  taketh  it  away  from  me,  but 
I  lay  it  down  of  myself.  I  have  power  to  lay  it  down,  and  I 
have  power  to  take  it  again.  This  commandment  received  I 
from  my  Father. 

HIS  ACTS. 


Seventy  Disciples  sent 
forth  at  Capernaum, 
and  return. 
Luke  X.  1-24. 


.  .  .  The  harvest  is  plen- 
teous, but  the  laborers  are  few  : 
pray  ye  therefore  the  Lord  of  the 
harvest,  that  he  send  forth  labor- 


ers into  his  harvest.  Go  your  ways  :  behold,  I  send  you  forth 
as  lambs  in  the  midst  of  wolves.  Carry  no  purse,  no  wallet,  no 
shoes :  and  salute  no  man  on  the  way.  And  into  whatsoever 
house  ye  shall  enter,  first  say.  Peace  be  to  this  house.  And  if  a 
son  of  peace  be  there,  your  ]>eace  shall  rest  upon  him  :  but  if  not 
it  shall  turn  to  you  again.  And  in  that  same  house  remain,  eat- 
ing and  drinking  such  things  as  they  give:  for  the  laborer  is 
worthy  of  his  hire.  Go  not  from  house  to  house.  And  into 
whatsoever  city  ye  enter,  and  they  receive  you,  eat  such  things 
as  are  set  before  you  :  and  hial  the  sick  that  are  therein,  and  say 
unto  them.  The  kingdom  of  God  is  come  nigh  unto  you.  But 
into  whatsoever  city  ye  shall  enter,  and  ihey  receive  you  not,  go 
out  into  the  streets  thereof  and  say.  Even  the  dust  from  your  city, 
that  cleaveth  to  our  feet,  we  do  wipe  off  against  you:  howlicit 
know  this,  that  the  kingdom  of  God  is  come  nigh.  I  sny  unio 
you.  It  shall  be  more  tcvlerablc  in  that  day  for  Sodom,  than  for 


41 
HIS  WORDS. 

that  city.  Woe  unt:)  thee,  Chorazin  !  woe  unto  thee,  Bethsaidal 
for  if  the  mighty  w  orks  had  been  done  in  Tyre  and  Sidon,  which 
were  done  in  you.  ihey  would  have  repented  long  ago,  sitting  in 
sackcloth  and  ashes.  Howbeit  it  shall  be  more  tolerable  for 
Tyre  and  Sidon  in  the  judgment,  than  for  you.  And  thou, 
Capernaum,  shall  thou  be  exalted  unto  heaven?  thou  shalt  be 
brought  down  unto  Hades.  He  that  heareth  you  heareth  me ; 
and  he  that  rejecteth  you  rejecteth  me;  and  he  that  rejecteth 
me  rejecteth  him  that  sent  me. 

I  beheld  Satan  fallen  as  lightning  from  heaven.  Be- 
hold, I  have  given  you  authority  to  tread  upon  serpents  and 
scorpions,  and  over  all  the  power  of  the  enemy:  and  nothing 
shall  in  any  wise  hurt  you.  Howbeit  in  this  rejoice  not,  that 
the  spirits  are  subject  unto  you ;  but  rejoice  that  your  names  are 
written  in  heaven. 

In  that  same  hour  he  rejoiced  in  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  said,  I 
thank  thee,  O  Father,  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth,  that  thou  didst 
hide  these  things  from  the  wise  and  understanding,  and  didst  re- 
veal them  unto  babes:  yea,  Father;  for  so  it  was  well-pleasing 
in  thy  sight.  All  things  have  been  delivered  unto  me  of  my 
Father :  and  no  one  knoweth  who  the  Son  is,  save  the  Father ; 
and  who  the  Father  is,  save  the  Son,  and  he  to  whomsoever  the 
Son  willeth  to  reveal  him.  .... 
{To  thA  Disciples.) 

Bles-ed  are  the  eyes  which  see  the  things  that  ye 
see  :  f  )r  I  say  unto  you,  that  many  prophets  and  kings  desired  to 
see  the  things  which  ye  see,  and  saw  them  not :  and  to  hear  the 
things  which  ye  hear,  and  heard  them  not. 


HIS  ACTS. 

A  lawyer  questions  him 

of  eternal  life,  etc. 

Luke  X.  25--37. 

Who  is  ray  neighbor? 
Thu  Good  Samaritan. 


.  .  .  What  IS  written  in 
the  law  ?  how  readest  thou  ?    . 

.  .  .  Thou  hast  answered 
right :  this  do,  and  thou  shalt 
live. 


.  .  .  A  certain  man  was  going  down  from  Jerusalem  to 
Jericho ;  and  he  fell  among  robbers,  which  both  stripped  him  and 
beat  him,  and  departed,  leaving  him  half  dead.  And  by  chance 
a  certain  j^-iest  was  going  down  that  way :  and  when  he  saw 
him,  he  passed  by  on  the  other  side.  And  in  like  manner  a 
Levite  also,  when  he  came  to  the  jilace,  and  saw  him,  passed  by 


HIS  ACTS. 


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HIS  WORDS. 

on  the  other  side.  But  a  certaia  Samaritan,  as  he  journeyed, 
came  where  he  was  :  and  when  he  saw  him,  he  was  moved  with 
compassion,  and  came  to  him,  and  hound  up  his  wounds,  pour- 
iuijj  on  them  oil  and  wine ;  and  he  set  him  on  his  own  beast,  and 
brought  liim  to  an  inn,  and  took  care  of  him.  And  on  the  mor- 
row he  took  out  two  pence,  and  gave  them  to  the  host,  and  said, 
Take  care  ri  him ;  and  whatsoever  thou  spendest  more,  I,  when 
I  come  back  again,  will  repay  thee.  Which  of  these  three, 
thinkest  thou,  proved  neighbor  unto  him  that  fell  among  the  rob- 
bers ?     .     .     .     .     Go,  and  do  thou  likew^ise. 

.  .  .  Martha,  Martha,  thou 
art  anxious  and  troubled  about 
many  things :  but  one  thing  is 
needful:  for  Mary  hath  chosen 
the  good  part,  which  shall  not 
be  taken  away  from  her. 

When  ye  pray,  say.  Father 
Hallowed  be  thy  name.  Thy 
kingdom  come.  Give  us  day  by 
day  our  daily  bread.  And  forgive  us  our  sins ;  for  we  ourselves 
also  forgive  every  one  that  is  indebted  to  us.  And  bring  u« 
not  into  temptation. 

.  "Which  of  you  shall  have  a  friend,  and  shall  go  unto 
him  at  midnight,  and  say  to  him.  Friend,  lend  me  three  loaves ; 
for  a  friend  of  mine  is  come  to  me  from  a  journey,  and  I  have 
nothing  to  set  before  him  ;  and  he  from  within  shall  answer  and 
say,  Trouble  me  not :  the  door  is  now  shut,  and  my  children  are 
with  me  in  bed  :  I  cannot  rise  and  give  thee  ?  I  say  unto  you, 
Though  he  will  not  rise  and  give  him,  because  he  is  his  friend, 
yet  because  of  his  importunity  he  wiU  arise  and  give  him  as 
many  as  he  needeth.  And  I  say  unto  you.  Ask,  and  it  shall  be 
given  you;  seek,  and  ye  shall  find;  knock,  and  it  shall  be 
opened  unto  you.  For  every  one  that  asketh  receiveth  ;  and  he 
that  seeketh  fmdeth;  and  to  him  that  knocketh  it  shall  be 
opened.  And  of  which  of  you  that  is  a  father  shall  his  son  ask 
a  loaf,  and  he  give  him  a  stone?  Or  a  fish,  and  he  for  a  fish 
give  him  a  serpent?  Or  if  he  shall  ask  an  egg,  will  he  give 
him  a  scorpion?  If  ye  then,  being  evil,  know  how  to  give  good 
gifts  unto  your  children,  how  much  more  shall  your  heavenly 
Father  give  the  Holy  Spirit  to  them  that  ask  him  ? 


Bethany. 

Mary  and  ISIartha. 

Luke  xi.  38-42. 
Near  Jerusalem. 

Luke  xi.  1--13. 
Disciples      taught      to 
pray. 


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HIS  ACTS. 


Galilee. 

Luke  xi.  37 --54. 

Luke  xii.  1--59. 

Luke  xiii.  1--9. 
Pharisee's  Table. 
Denounces  them. 


HIS  WORDS. 


Now  do  ye  Pharisees  cleanse 
the  outside  of  the  cup  and  of  the 
platter;  but  your  inward  part  is 
full  of  extortion  and  wickedness. 
Ye  foolish  ones,  did  not  he  that 
made  the  outside  make  the  in- 
side also?  Howljeit  ^We  for  ^Ims  those  things  which  are  with- 
in ;  and  behold,  all  thini^s  are  clean  uato  you. 

But  woe  unto  you,  Pharisees !  for  ye  tithe  mint  and  rue  and 
every  herb,  and  pass  over  judgment  and  the  love  of  God:  but 
these  ought  ye  to  have  done,  and  not  to  leave  the  other  undone. 
Woe  unto  you,  Pharisees  !  for  ye  love  the  chief  seats  in  the  syn- 
agogues, and  the  salutations  in  the  marketplaces.  Woe  unto 
you  i  for  ye  are  as  the  tombs  which  appear  not,  and  the  men 
that  walk  over  tAem  know    it  not. 

.  .  Woe  unto  you  lawyers  also!  lor  ye  lade  men  with  burdens 
grievous  to  be  borne,  and  ye  yourselves  touch  not  the  burdens 
with  one  of  your  fingers.  Woe  unto  you!  for  ye  build  the  tombs  of 
the  prophets,  and  your  fathers  killed  them.  So  ye  are  witnesses 
and  consent  unto  the  works  of  your  fatbers  :  for  they  killed  them^ 
and  ye  build  /'/lei'r  tombs.  Therefore  also  said  the  wisdom  of  God, 
I  will  send  unto  them  prophets  and  apostles,  and  sotne  of  them 
they  shall  kill  and  persecute ;  that  the  blood  of  all  the  prophets, 
which  was  shed  from  the  foundation  of  the  world,  may  be  re- 
quired of  this  generation  ;  fn^n  the  blood  of  Abel  unto  the  blood 
of  Zachariah,  who  perished  between  the  altar  and  the  sanctuary. 
Yea,  I  say  unto  you.  It  shall  be  required  of  this  generation. 
Woe  unto  you  lawyers  !  for  ye  took  away  the  key  of  knowledge  : 
ye  entered  not  in  yourselves,  and  them  that  were  entering  in  ye 
hindered. 

.  ,  Beware  ye  of  the  leaven  of  the  Pharisees,  which  is  hypoc- 
risy. But  there  is  nothing  covered  up  that  shall  not  be  reveal- 
ed:  and  hid,  that  shall  not  be  known.  Wherefore  whatsoever 
yi,*  have  said  in  the  darkness  shall  be  heard  in  the  light;  and 
\v\\-x\.  ye  have  spoken  in  the  ear  in  the  inner  chambers  shall  be  pro- 
claimed upon  the  housetops.  And  I  say  unto  you,  my  friends, 
be  not  afraid  of  them  which  kill  the  body,  and  after  that  they  have 
no  more  ihat  they  can  do.  But  I  will  warn  you  whom  ye  shall 
fear.  Fear  him,  which  after  he  hath  killed  hath  ix:)wer  to  cast 
into  hell;  yea,  I  say  unto  you,  Fear  him.  Are  not  ^wg.  sparrows 
sold  for  two  farthings  ?  and  not  one  of  them  is  forg  jlten  i.i  the 


44 
HIS  WORDS. 

sight  of  God.  But  the  very  hairs  of  your  head  are  all  numbered. 
Fear  not :  ye  are  of  more  value  than  many  sparrows.  And  I 
say  unto  you,  Every  one  who  shall  confess  me  before  men,  him 
shall  the  Son  of  man  also  confess  before  the  angels  of  God : 
but  he  that  denieth  me  in  the  presence  of  men  shall  be  denied 
in  the  presence  of  the  angels  of  God,  And  every  one  who 
shall  speak  a  word  against  the  Son  of  man,  it  shall  be  forgiven 
him  :  but  unto  him  that  blasphemeth  against  the  Holy  Spirit  it 
shall  not  be  forgiven.  And  when  they  bring  you  before  the 
synagogues,  and  the  rulers,  and  the  authorities,  be  not  anxious 
how  or  what  ye  shall  answer,  or  what  ye  shall  say :  for  the  Holy 
Spirit  shall  teach  you  in  that  very  hour  what  ye  ought  to  say. 

(To   one  who    asked   him   to  arbitrate   an    estate.)     .     .     . 

Man,  who  made  me  a  judge  or  a  divider  over  you? 

.     .     Take   heed,  and  keep  yourselves  from  all  covetousness : 

for  a  man's  life   consisteth  not  in  the  abundance  of  the  things 

which  he  ]5ossesseth. 

.  .  The  ground  of  a  certain  rich  man  brought  forth  plenti- 
fully :  and  he  reasoned  within  himself,  saying.  What  shall  I  do, 
because  I  have  not  where  to  bestow  my  fruits  ?  And  he  said. 
This  will  I  do  :  I  will  pull  down  my  barns,  and  build  greater; 
and  there  will  I  bestow  all  my  corn  and  my  goods.  And  I  will 
say  to  my  soul.  Soul,  thou  hast  much  goods  laid  up  for  many 
years ;  take  thine  ease,  eat,  drink,  be  merry.  But  God  said 
unto  him,  Thou  foolish  one,  this  night  is  thy  soul  required  of 
thee ;  and  the  things  which  thou  hast  prepared,  whose  shall 
they  be  ?  So  is  he  that  layeth  up  treasure  for  himself,  and  is 
not  rich  toward  God. 

.  .  Be  not  anxious  for  your  life,  what  ye  shall  eat ;  nor  yet 
for  your  body,  what  ye  shall  put  on.  P'or  the  life  is  more  than 
the  food,  and  the  body  than  the  raiment.  Consider  the  ravens, 
that  they  sow  not,  neither  reap;  which  have  no  store-chamber 
nor  barn;  and  God  feedeth  them  :  of  how  much  more  value  are 
ye  than  the  l)irds  1  And  which  of  you  by  being  anxious  can 
add  a  cubit  unto  his  stature?  If  then  ye  are  notable  to  do 
even  that  which  is  least,  why  are  ye  anxious  concerning  the 
rest  ?  Consider  the  lilies,  how  they  grow  :  they  toil  not,  neither 
do  they  spin :  yet  I  say  unto  you.  Even  Solomon  in  all  his  glory 
was  not  arrayed  like  one  of  these.  But  if  God  doth  so  clothe 
the  grass  in  the  field,  which  to-day  is,  and  to-morrow  is  cast 
into  the  oven ;  how  much  more  shall  he  clothe  you,  O  ye  of 


45 
HIS  WORDS. 

little  faith  ?  \nA  seek  not  ye  what  ye  shall  eat,  and  what  ye 
shall  drink,  neither  be  ye  of  doubtful  mind.  For  all  these 
things  do  the  nations  of  the  world  seek  after :  but  your  Father 
knoweth  that  ye  have  need  of  these  things.  Howbeit  seek  ye 
his  kingdom:  and  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you.  Fear 
not,  little  Hock ;  for  it  is  your  Father's  good  pleasure  to  give  you 
the  kingdom.  Sell  that  ye  have,  and  give  alms;  make  for  your- 
selves purses  which  wax  not  old,  a  treasure  in  the  heavens  that 
faiieth  not,  where  no  thief  draweth  near,  neither  moth  destroyeth. 
For  where  your  treasure  is,  there  will  your  heart  be  also. 

Let  your  loins  be  girded  about,  and  your  lamps  burning;  and 
be  ye  yourselves  like  unto  men  looking  for  their  lord,  when  he 
shall  return  from  the  marriage  feast;  that  when  he  cometh  and 
knockeih,  they  may  straightway  open  unto  him.  Blessed  are 
those  servants,  whom  the  lord  when  he  cometh  shall  find  watch- 
ing ;  verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  he  shall  gird  himself,  and  make 
them  sit  down  to  meat,  and  shall  come  and  serve  them. 
And  if  he  shall  come  in  the  second  watch,  and  if  in  the  third, 
and  find  them  so,  blessed  are  those  servants.  But  know  this, 
that  if  the  master  of  the  house  had  known  in  what  hour  the 
thief  was  coming,  he  would  have  watched,  and  not  have  left 
his  house  to  be  broken  through.  Be  ye  also  ready  :  for  in  an 
hour  that  ye  think  not  the  Son  of  man  cometh. 

.  .  Who  then  is  the  faithful  and  wise  steward,  whom  his 
lord  shall  set  over  his  household,  to  give  them  their  portion  of 
food  in  due  season  ?  Blessed  is  that  servant,  whom  his  lord 
when  he  cometh  shall  find  so  doing.  Ot  a  truth  I  say  unto  you, 
that  he  will  set  him  over  all  that  he  hath.  But  if  that  servant 
shall  say  in  his  heart.  My  lord  delayeth  his  coming;  and  shall 
begin  to  beat  the  men-servants  and  the  maid-servants,  and  to  eat 
and  drink,  and  to  be  drunken ;  the  lord  of  that  servant  shall 
come  in  a  day  when  he  expecteth  not,  and  in  an  hour  when  he 
knoweth  not,  and  shall  cut  him  asunder,  and  appoint  his  por- 
tion with  the  unfaithful.  And  that  servant,  which  knew  his 
lord's  will,  and  made  not  ready,  nor  did  according  to  his  will, 
shall  be  beaten  with  many  stripes  ;  but  he  that  knew  not,  and  did 
things  worthy  of  stripes,  shall  be  beaten  with  few  stripes.  And 
to  whomsoever  much  is  given,  of  him  shall  much  be  required : 
and  to  whom  they  commit  much,  of  him  will  they  ask  the  more. 

I  came  to  cast  fire  upon  the  earth  ;  and  what  will  I,  if  it  is 
already  kindled  ?     But  I  have  a  baptism  to  be  baptized  with ; 


46 
HIS  WORDS. 

and  how  am  I  straitened  till  it  be  accomplished !  Think  ye 
that  I  am  come  to  give  peace  in  the  earth  ?  I  tell  you,  Nay : 
but  rather  division:  for  there  shall  be  from  henceforth  five  in 
one  house  divided,  three  against  two,  and  two  against  thrte. 
They  shall  be  divided,  father  against  son,  and  son  against 
father;  mother  against  daughter,  and  daughter  against  her 
mother;  mother-in-law  against  her  daughter-in-law,  and  davigh- 
ter-in-law  against  her  mother-in-law. 

.  When  ye  see  a  cloud  rising  in  the  west,  straightway 
ye  say,  There  cometh  a  shower;  and  so  it  cometh  to  pass. 
And  when  ye  see  a  south  wind  blowing,  ye  say.  There  will  be 
a  scorching  heat;  and  it  cometh  to  pass.  Ye  hypocrites,  ye 
know  how  to  interpret  the  face  of  tlie  earth  and  the  heavens  ; 
but  how  is  It  that  ye  know  not  how  to  interpret  this  time  ?  And 
why  even  of  yourselves  judge  ye  not  what  is  right  ?  For  as 
thou  art  going  with  thine  adversary  before  the  magistrate, 
on  the  way  give  diligence  to  be  quit  of  him;  lest  haply  he  hale 
thee  unto  the  judge,  and  the  judge  shall  deliver  thee  to  the  offi- 
cer, and  the  officer  shall  cast  thee  into  prison.  I  say  unto  thee. 
Thou  shalt  by  no  means  come  out  thence,  till  thou  have  paid 
the  very  last  mite. 

.  .  Think  ye  that  these  Galiln?ans  were  sinners  above  all 
the  Galilaeans,  because  they  have  suffered  these  things?  I  tell 
you,  Nay :  but,  except  ye  repent,  ye  shall  all  in  like  manner 
perish.  Or  tlK^se  eighteen,  upon  whom  the  tower  of  Siloam 
fell,  and  killed  them,  think  ye  that  they  were  offenders  above 
all  the  men  that  dwell  in  Jerusalem?  I  tell  you,  Nay,  but  ex,- 
-  cept  ye  repent,  ye  shall  all  likewise  perish. 

.  A  certain  man  had  a  fig-tree  j)lanted  in  his  vineyard ; 
and  he  came  seeking  fruit  thereon,  and  found  none.  And  he 
said  unto  the  vinedresser.  Behold  these  three  years  I  come  seek- 
ing fruit  on  this  fig-tree,  and  find  none  :  cut  it  down ;  why  doth 
it  also  cumber  the  ground  ?  And  he  answering  saith  unio  him. 
Lord,  let  it  alone  this  year  also,  till  I  shall  dig  about  it,  and 
dung  it :  and  if  it  bear  fruit  thenceforth,  well,  but  if  not,  thou 
shalt  cut  it  down. 

HIS  ACTS.  I 

...     1  told   you,   and    ye 
Jerusalem.  |  believe  not:  the  works  that  I  do 

FeaS'otVedieaUon.        1  ''\  ^^y  father's  name,  these  bear 
Art  ihou  the  Christ?       |  witness  of  me.     But  ye  believe 


47 
HIS  WORDS. 

nol,  because  ye  are  not  of  my  sheep.  My  sheep  hear  my  voice, 
and  I  know  them,  and  they  follow  me  :  and  I  give  unto  them 
eternil  life;  and  they  shall  never  perish,  and  no  one  shall 
sii.iich  them  out  of  my  hand.  My  Father,  which  hath  given 
thent  unto  me,  is  greater  than  all ;  and  no  one  is  able  to  snatch 
iheui  out  of  the  Father's  hand.  I  and  the  Father  are  one,  . 
Mxny  good  works  have  I  shewed  you  from  the  Father;  for 
which  of  those  works  do  ye  stone  me?  .  .  .  Is  it  not  writ- 
ten, in  your  law,  I  said.  Ye  are  gods?  If  he  called  them  gods, 
unto  whom  the  word  of  God  came  (and  the  Scripture  cannot  be 
broken),  say  ve  of  him,  whom  the  Father  sanctified  and  sent 
into  th'i  world,  Thou  blasphemest;  because  I  said,  I  am  //zd- Son 
of  God  ?  If  I  do  not  the  v^orks  of  my  Father,  believe  me  not. 
Bat  if  I  d  )  them,  though  ye  believe  not  me,  believe  the  works : 
that  ye  may  know  and  understand  that  the  Father  is  in  me,  and 
I  in  the  Father.         .         ,         .         , 

HIS  ACTS. 


Bethany. 

John  xi.  1--44. 
Raisin'jT  of  Lazarus, 


,     .     .     This  sickness  is  not 
unto  death,  but  for  the  glory  of 
God,  that  the  Son  of  God  may 
be  glorified  thereby.     .     .     . 
Let  us  go  into  Judea  again.         .... 

,  .  .  Are  there  not  twelve  hours  in  the  day?  If  a  man 
Walk  in  the  day,  he  stumbleth  not,  because  he  seeth  the  light  of 
this  world.  But  if  a  man  walketli  in  the  night,  he  stumbleth,  be- 
cau  e  the  light  is  not  in  him.  .  ,  Our  friend  Lazarus  is  fallen 
aMC  jp ;  but  L  go,  that  I  may  awake  him  out  of  sleep.  .  .  Lazarus 
is  dead.  And  I  am  glad  for  your  sakes  that  I  was  not  there,  to 
the  intent  ye  may  believe;  nevertheless  let  us  go  unto  him.  .  . 
iTo  MarUia.)    . 

.  .  .  Thy  brother  shall  rise  again.  ...  I  am  the  res- 
urrection, and  the  life;  he  that  believeth  on  me,  though  he  die, 
yet  shall  he  Jive:  and  whosoever  liveth  and  believeth  on  me 
shall  never  die.  Believest  thou  this  ?  .  ,  Where  have  ye 
laid  him  ?     (He  weeps).     Take  ye  away  the  stone. 

,  .  ,  Said  I  not  unto  thee,  that,  if  thou  believedst,  thou 
shouldcst  see  the  glory  of  God  ?  .  ,  ,  { [esus  lifts  up  his 
eyes).  Father,  I  thank  thee  that  thou  heardest  me.  And  I 
knew  that  thou  hearest  me  always:  but  because  of  the  multitude 
which  standeth  around  I  said  it,  that  they  may  believe  that  thou 
•didst  send  me.  .  .  .  (With  a  loud  voice),  Lazarus,  come 
tnth,     .  ,     Loose  him,  and  let  him  go. 


48 


HIS  ACTS. 


J.  C.     Perea, 

Valley  of  Jordan, 
33.  INIatt.  xix.  1--2. 

Mark  x.  1. 
Luke  xiii.  10--35. 
Heals  an  Infirm  woman 
on  the  Sabbath. 


HIS  WORDS. 


Woman,  thou  art  loosed  from 
thine  infirmity  .  .  Ye  hypo- 
crites, doth  not  each  of  you  on 
the  Sabbath  loose  his  ox  or  his 
ass  from  the  stall,  and  lead  him 
away  to  wat  iring  ?  And  ought 
not  this  woman,  being  a  daugh- 
ter of  Abraham,  whom  Satan  had  bound,  lo,  these  eighteen  years, 
to  have  been  loosed  from  this  bond  on  the  day  of  the  Sabbath  ? 
The  Kingdom  of  God.  i  .  .  .  Unto  what  is  the 
I  kingdom  of  God  like  ?  and 
whereunto  shall  I  liken  it?  It  is  like  unto  a  grain  of  mustard 
seed,  which  a  man  took,  and  cast  into  his  own  garden;  and  it 
grew,  and  became  a  tree;  and  the  birds  of  the  heaven  lodged 
in  the  branches  thereof.  And  again  he  said,  Whereunto  shall  I 
liken  the  kingdom  of.  God  ?  It  is  like  unto  leaven,  which  a 
woman  took  and  hid  in  three  measures  of  meal,  till  it  was  all 
leavened. 

AreMaiiySared?  I      .     .     Strive   to   enter   in   by 

I  the  narrow  door :  fur  many,  I 
say  unto  you,  shall  seek  to  enter  in,  and  shall  not  be  able. 
When  once  the  master  of  the  house  is  risen  up,  and  hath  shut  to 
the  door,  and  ye  begin  to  stand  without,  and  to  knock  at  the 
door,  saying,  Lord,  open  to  us ;  and  he  shall  answer  and  say  to 
you,I  know  ye  not  whence  ye  are;  then  shall  ye  begin  to  say. 
We  did  eat  and  drink  in  thy  presence,  and  thou  didst  teach  in 
our  streets;  and  he  shall  say,  I  tell  you,  I  know  not  whence  ye 
are;  depart  from  me,  all  ye  workers  of  iniquity.  There  shall 
be  the  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth,  when  ye  shall  see  Abra- 
ham, and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  and  all  the  prophets,  in  the  kingdom 
of  God,  and  yourselves  cast  forth  without.  And  they  shall  come 
from  the  east  and  west,  and  from  the  north  and  south,  and  shall 
sit  down  in  the  kingdom  of  God.  And  behold,  there  are  last 
which  shall  be  first,  and  there  are  first  which  shall  be  last. 

Warned  Against  Herod- f  ...  Go  and  say  to  that 
I  fox.  Behold,  I  cast  o«t  devils 
and  perform  cures  to-day  an  I  to-morrow,  and  the  third  day  1 
am  perfected.  H  )w!)eit  I  must  go  on  my  way  to  day  anrl  to- 
morrow and  the  day  followinij :  for  it  cannot  be  tha'  a  prophet 
perish  out  of  Jerusalem.  O  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  which  killeth 
the  prophets,  and  stoneth  them  that   are  sent  unto  her  1  hovr 


HIS  ACTS. 


Perea. 

Luke  xiv.  1-24. 
Eats  at  Pharisee  House. 
Heals  man  of  Dropsy  on 
the  Sabbath. 

Humility. 


49 
HIS  WORDS. 

often  would  I  have  gathered  thy  children  together,  even  as  a 
\v^x\.  gathereth  her  own  brood  under  her  wings,  and  ye  would 
not  I  Behold,  your  house  is  left  unto  you  desolate  :  and  I  say 
unto  you,  Ye  shall  not  see  me,  until  ye  shall  say,  Blessed  is  he 
that  Cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

.  .  .  Is  it  lawful  to  heal 
on  the  Sabbath,  or  not  ?  .  . 
Which  of  you  shall  have  an  a-;s 
or  an  ox  fallen  into  a  well,  and 
will  not  straightway  draw  him 
up  on  a  Sabbath  day?     .     . 

.  .  .  When  thou  art  bid- 
den of  any  man  to  a  marriage 
feast,  sit  not  down  in  the  chief  seat;  lest  haply  a  more  honorable 
man  than  thou  be  bidden  of  him,  and  he  that  bade  thee  and 
hion  shall  come  and  say  to  thee.  Give  this  man  place;  and  then 
thou  shalt  l)egin  with  shame  to  take  the  lowest  place  But  when 
thou  art  bidden,  go  and  sit  down  in  the  lowest;  that  when  he 
that  hath  bidden  thee  cometh,  he  may  say  to  thee,  Friend,  go  up 
higher :  then  shalt  thou  have  glory  in  the  presence  of  all  that 
sit  at  meat  with  thee.  For  every  one  that  exalteth  himself  shall 
be  humbled;  and  he  that  humbleth  himself  shall  be  exalted. 

I  .  .  .  When  thou  makest 
Duty  to  the  poor,  etc.  I  a  dinner  or  a  supper,  call  not  thy 
friends,  nor  thy  brethren,  nor  thy  kinsmen,  nor  rich  neighbors} 
lest  haply  they  also  bid  thee  again,  and  a  recompense  be  made 
thee.  But  when  thou  makest  a  feast,  bid  the  poor,  the  maimed, 
the  lame,  the  blind:  and  thou  shalt  be  blessed;  because  they 
have  not  xvheravith  to  recompense  thee:  for  thou  shalt  be 
recompensed  in  the  resurrection  of  the  just. 

The  f?reat  supper,  who  I      ...     A  certain  man  made 
are  rejected?  I  a   great   supper;    and    he   bade 

many :  and  he  sent  forth  his  servant  at  supper  time  to  say  to 
them  that  were  bidden.  Come;  for  alt  things  are  now  ready. 
And  they  all  with  one  consent  began  to  make  excuse.  The  first 
said  unto  him,  I  have  bought  a  field,  and  I  must  needs  go  out 
and  see  it :  I  pray  thee  have  me  excused.  And  another  said, 
1  have  bought  five  yoke  of  oxen,  and  I  go  to  prove  them :  I 
pray  thee  have  me  excused.  And  another  said,  I  have  married 
a  wife,  and  therefore  I  cannot  come.  And  the  servant  came, 
and  told  his  lord  these  thin^zs.     Then  the  master  of  the  hous  ■, 


50 

H33  W0F5O3. 

nemg  nngry,  said  to  his  servant,  Go  out  quicldy  into  the  streets 
and  lanes  of  the  city,  and  bring;  in  hither  the  poor  and  maimed 
and  blind  and  lame.  And  the  servant  said,  Lord,  what  thou 
didst  command  is  done^  and  yet  there  is  room.  And  the  lord 
said  unto  the  servant.  Go  out  intj  the  highways  and  hedges,  and 
constrain  them  to  come  in,  that  my  house  may  be  filled.  For  I 
say  unto  you,  that  none  of  these  men  which  were  bidden  shall 
taste  of  my  supper. 

HIS  ACTS.  I 

CrosR-bearJn,"-.  .     .     If  any  man  cometh  unto 

Luke  xiv."25-35.  I  me,  and  hateth  not  his  own  father 
and  mother,  and  wife,  and  children,  and  brethren,  and  sisters, yea, 
and  his  own  life  also,  he  cannot  be  my  disciole.  Whosoever  doth 
not  be  ir  his  own  cross,  and  come  after  me,  cannot  be  my  disciple. 
For  which  of  you,  desiring  to  build  a  tower,  doth  not  first  sit 
down  and  count  the  cost,  whether  he  have  whcreivitk  to  com- 
p'ete  it?  Lest  haply,  when  he  hath  laid  a  foundation,  and  is 
not  able  to  finish,  all  that  behold  begin  to  mock  him,  saying. 
This  man  began  to  build,  and  was  not  able  to  finish.  Or  what 
kinf",  when  he  goeth  to  encounter  another  king  in  war,  will  not 
sit  down  first  and  take  counsel  wheiher  he  is  able  with  ten 
thousand  to  meet  him  that  cometh  against  him  M'ith  twenty 
thousand?  Or  else,  while  the  other  is  yet  a  great  way  ofif,  he 
sendeth  an  ambassaCTe,  and  asketh  conditions  of  peace.  So 
therefore  whosoever  he  be  of  you  that  renounceth  not  all  that  he 
hath,  he  cannot  be  my  disciple.  Salt  therefore  is  good :  but  if 
even  the  salt  have  lost  its  savour,  wherewith  shall  it  be  sea- 
soned ?  It  is  fit  neither  for  the  land  nor  for  the  dunghill :  vieri 
cast  it  out.     He  that  ears  to  hear,  let  him  hear. 

The  Lost  Sheep.  i      .     .     .     What   man   of  you, 

I  having  a  hundred  sheep,  and 
liaving  lost  one  of  them,  doth  not  leave  the  ninety  and  nine  in 
the  wilderness,  and  go  after  that  which  is  lost,  until  he  find  it? 
And  when  he  hath  found  it,  he  layelh  it  on  his  shoulders,  rcjoic- 
iiig.  And  when  he  cometh  home,  he  calleth  together  his  friends 
and  his  neighbors,  saying  unto  them,  Rejoice  with  me,  for  I 
have  found  my  sheep  which  was  lost.  I  say  unto  you,  that  even 
so  there  shall  be  joy  in  heaven  over  one  sinner  that  repenteth, 
more  than  over  ninety  and  nine  righteous  persons,  which  need 
no  repentance. 


51 
HIS  WORDS. 

Or  what  woman  having  ten  pieces  of  silver,  if  she  lose  otie 
piece,  doth  not  light  a  lamp,  and  sweep  the  house,  and  seek  dil- 
igently until  she  find  it  ?  And  when  she  hath  found  it,  she 
calleth  togt'ther  her  friends  and  neighbors,  saying,  Rejoice  with 
me,  for  I  have  found  the  ])iece  which  I  had  lost.  Even  so,  I 
say  unio  you,  there  is  joy  in  the  presence  of  the  angels  of  God 
over  one  sinner  that  repenteth. 

HIS  ACTS. 


Prodigal  Son. 
Luke  XV.  1- 


.  .  .  A  certain  man  h^d 
two  sons  :  and  the  younger  ■  f 
them  said  to  his  father,  Father,  give  me  the  portion  of  thy  sui;- 
stance  that  falleth  to  me.  And  he  divided  unto  them  his  livin  . 
And  not  many  days  after  the  younger  son  gathered  all  together, 
and  took  his  journey  into  a  far  country  ;  and  there  he  wasted  Ips 
substance  with  riotous  living.  And  wh  n  he  had  spent  id', 
there  arose  a  mighty  famine  in  that  country ;  and  he  began  to  l)e 
in  want.  And  he  went  and  joined  himself  to  one  of  the  citizen ; 
of  that  country ;  and  he  sent  him  into  his  fields  to  feed  swine. 
And  he  would  fain  have  been  filled  with  the  husks  that  the 
swine  did  eat :  and  no  man  gave  unto  him.  But  when  he  came 
to  himself  he  said,  How  many  hired  servants  of  my  father  have 
bread  enough  and  to  spare, 'and  I  perish  here  with  hunger!  I 
will  arise  and  go  to  my  father,  and  will  say  unto  him,  Father,  I 
have  sinned  against  heaven,  and  in  thy  sight :  I  am  no  more 
worthy  to  be  called  thy  son  :  make  me  as  one  of  thy  hired  ser- 
vants And  he  arose,  and  came  to  his  father.  But  while  he  was 
yet  afar  off,  his  father  saw  him,  and  was  moved  with  compassion, 
and  ran,  and  fell  on  his  neck,  and  kissed  him.  And  the  son 
s^id  unto  him,  Father,  I  have  sinned  against  h  aven  and  in  thy 
si  fht :  I  am  no  more  worthy  to  be  called  thy  son.  But  the 
father  said  to  his  servants,  Bring  forth  quickly  the  best  robe,  and 
pat  it  on  him  ;  and  put  a  ring  on  his  hand,  and  shoes  on  his 
leet:  and  bring  the  fatted  calf,  and  kill  it,  and  let  us  eat,  and 
m  d<e  merry;  for  this  my  son  was  dead,  and  is  alive  again;  h* 
was  lost,  and  is  found.  And  they  began  to  be  merry.  Now  his 
elder  son  wis  in  the  field  :  and  as  he  came  and  drew  nigh  to  the 
h  )use,  he  heard  music  and  dancing.  And  he  called  to  him  one 
of  thj  servants,  and  inquired  what  these  things  might  be.  Ai  I 
he  said  unto  him,  Thy  brother  is  come;  and  thy  father  liaiii 
killed  the  fatted  calf,  because  he  hath  received   hiua  safe  and 


52 
HIS  WORDS. 

sound.  But  he  was  angry,  and  would  not  go  in  :  and  his  father 
came  out,  and  intreated  him.  But  he  answered  and  said  to  his 
father,  Lo,  these  many  years  do  I  serve  thee  and  I  never  trans- 
gressed a  commandment  of  thine  :  <m^yet  thou  never  gavest  me 
a  kid,  that  I  might  make  merry  with  my  friends  :  but  when  this 
thy  son  came,  which  hath  devoured  thy  living  with  harlots,  thou 
kiliedst  for  him  the  fatted  calf.  And  he  said  unto  him.  Son, 
thou  art  ever  with  me,  and  all  that  is  mine  is  thine.  But  it  was 
meet  to  make  merry  and  be  glad:  f(jr  this  thy  brother  was  dead, 
and  is  alive  again  ;  and  was  lost,  and  is  found. 

HIS  ACTS. 


Perea. 

Lnke  xvi.  1-31. 
The  Unjust  Steward. 


There  was  a  certain  rich 
man,  which  had  a  steward  ;  and 
the  same  was  accused  unto  him 
that  he  was  wasting  his  goods. 
And  he  called  him,  and  said  unto 
him.  What  is  this  that  I  hear 
of  thee?  render  the  account  of  thy  stewardship;  for  thou  canst 
be  no  longer  steward.  And  the  steward  said  within  himself, 
What  shall  I  do,  seeing  that  my  lord  taketh  away  the  steward- 
ship from  me?  I  have  not  strength  to  dig;  to  beg  I  am 
ashamed.  I  am  resolved  what  to  do,  that,  when  I  am  put  out 
of  the  stewardship,  they  may  receive  me  into  their  houses. 
And  calling  to  him  each  one  of  his  lord's  debtors,  he  said 
to  the  first,  How  much  owest  thou  unto  my  lord?  And  he 
said,  A  hundred  measures  of  oil.  And  he  said  unto  him.  Take 
thy  bond,  and  sit  down  quickly  and  write  fifty.  Then  said  he 
to  another,  An<l  how  much  owest  thou  ?  And  he  said,  A  hun- 
dred measures  of  wheat.  He  saith  unto  him,  Take  thy  bond,  and 
write  fourscore.  And  his  lord  commended  the  unrighteous 
steward  because  he  had  done  wisely:  for  the  sons  of  this  world 
are  for  their  own  generation  wiser  than  the  sons  of  the  light. 
And  I  say  unto  you,  Make  to  yourselves  friends  by  means  of  the 
mammon  of  unrighteousness ;  that,  when  it  shall  fail,  they  may 
receive  you  into  the  eternal  tabernacles.  He  that  is  faithful  in 
a  very  little  is  faithful  also  in  much :  and  that  is  unrightecnis  in 
a  very  little  is  unrighteous  also  in  much.  If  therefore  ye  have 
not  been  faithful  in  the  unrighteous  mammon,  who  will  commit 
to  your  trust  the  true  riches  ?  And  if  ye  have  not  been  faithful 
in  that  which  is  another's,  who  will  give  you  that  which  is  your 
own  ?     No  servant  can  serve  two  masters :  for  cither  he   will 


53 
HIS  WORDS 

hate  the  one,  and  love  the  other ;  or  else  he  will  hold  to  one, 
and  despise  the  other.     Ye  cannot  serve  God  and  mammon. 

HIS   ACTS.  1  ^^^  ^^  Pharisees.) 

...  Ye  are  they  that  jus- 
Pharisees  Reproved.  ]  tify  yourselves  in  the  sight  of 
men ;  but  God  knoweth  your  hearts :  for  that  which  is  exalted 
among  men  is  an  abomination  in  the  sight  of  God.  The  law 
and  the  prophets  wer<;  until  John  :  from  that  time  the  gospel  of 
the  kingdom  of  God  is  preached,  and  every  man  entereth 
violently  into  it.  But  it  is  easier  for  heaven  and  earth  to  pass 
away,  than  for  one  tittle  of  the  law  to  fall.  Every  one  that 
puUeili  away  his  wife,  and  marrieth  another,  committeth  adul- 
tery :  and  he  that  marrieth  one  that  is  put  away  from  a  husband 
committeth  adultery. 

I  Now  there  was  a  certain  rich 
Rich  Man  and  Lazarus. '  raan,  and  he  was  clothed  in  pur- 
ple and  fine  linen,  faring  sumptuously  every  day:  and  a  certain 
beggar  named  Lazarus  was  laid  at  his  gate,  full  of  sores,  and 
desiring  to  be  fed  with  the  crumbs  that  fell  f  om  the  rich  man's 
table ;  yea,  even  the  dogs  came  and  licked  his  sores.  And  it 
came  to  pass,  that  the  beggar  died,  and  that  he  was  carried 
away  by  the  angels  into  Abraham's  bosom :  and  the  rich  man 
also  died,  and  was  buried.  And  in  Hades  he  lifted  up  his  eyes, 
being  in  torments,  and  seeth  Abraham  afar  off,  and  Lazarus  in 
his  bosom.  And  he  cried  and  said,  Father  Abraham,  have 
mercy  on  me,  and  send  Lazarus,  that  he  may  dip  the  tip  of  his 
finger  in  water,  and  cool  my  tongue;  for  I  am  in  anguish  in  this 
flame.  But  Abraham  said,  Son,  remember  that  thou  in  thy  life- 
time receivedst  thy  good  things,  and  Lazarus  in  like  manner  evil 
things :  but  now  here  he  is  comforted,  and  thou  art  in  anguish. 
And  beside  all  this,  between  us  and  you  there  is  a  great  gulf 
fixed,  that  they  which  would  pass  from  hence  to  you  may  not  be 
able,  and  that  none  may  cross  over  fnmi  thence  to  us.  And  he 
said,  I  pray  thee  therefore,  father,  that  thou  wouldest  send  him 
to  my  father's  house ;  for  I  have  five  brethren ;  that  he  may  tes 
tify  unto  them,  lest  they  also  come  into  this  place  of  torment. 
But  Abraham  saith,  They  have  Moses  and  the  prophets:  let 
them  hear  them.  And  he  said.  Nay,  father  Abraham:  but  if 
one  go  to  them  from  the  dead,  they  will  repent.  And  he  said 
unto  him.  If  they  hear  not  Moses  and  the  prophets,  neither  will 
they  be  persuaded,  if  one  rise  from  ihe  dead. 


54 


HIS  ACTS. 


J.  C.     Perea. 

Luke  xvii.  1-37. 
33.      Forgive  Injuries. 


HIS  WORDS. 


It  is  impossible  but  that  occa- 
sions of  stumbling  should  come : 
but  woe  unto  him  through  whom 
they  come  !  It  were  well  for  him 
if  a  mill  stone  were  hanged  about  his  neck,  and  he  were  thrown 
into  the  sea,  rather  than  that  he  should  cause  one  of  these  little 
ones  to  stumble.  Take  heed  to  yourselves:  if  thy  brother  sin, 
rebuke  him  :  and  if  he  sin  against  thee  seven  times  in  the  day, 
and  seven  times  turn  again  to  thee,  saying,  I  repent,  ihou  shalt 
forgive  him. 

\      ...     If  ye  have   faith  as 
Have  Faith.  fa   grain    of    mustard   seed,   ye 

would  say  unto  this  sycamine  tree.  Be  thou  rooted  up,  and  be  thou 
planted  in  the  sea;  and  it  would  have  obeyed  you.  But  who 
is  there  of  you,  having  a  servant  plowing  or  keeping  sheep,  that 
will  say  unto  him,  when  he  come  in  from  the  field.  Come 
straightway  and  sit  down  to  meat;  and  will  not  rather  say  unto 
him,  Make  ready  wherewith  I  may  sup,  and  gird  thyself,  and 
serve  me,  till  I  have  eaten  and  drunken;  and  afterward  thou 
shalt  eat  and  drink?  Doth  he  thank  the  servant  because  he 
did  the  things  that  were  commanded?  Even  so  yo  also,  when 
ye  shall  have  done  all  the  things  that  are  commanded  you,  say. 
We  are  unprofitable  servants;  we  have  done  that  which  it  was 
our  duty  to  do. 

Heals  ten  lepers.  |      .     .     Go  and  shew  yourselves. 

His  Coming  Sudden.  [unto  the  priests.  Were  net 
the  ten  cleansed  ?  but  where  are  the  nine  ?  Were  there  none 
found  that  returned  to  give  glory  to  God,  save  this  stranger? 
.  .  .  Arise,  and  go  thy  way ;  thy  faith  hath  made  thee 
whole.  .  .  The  kingdom  of  God  cometh  not  with  obser 
vation :  neither  shall  they  say,  Lo,  here  !  or.  There  !  for  lo,  the 
kingdom  of  God  is  within  you, 

.  .  .  The  days  will  come,  when  ye  shall  desire  to  see  one 
of  the  days  of  the  Son  of  man,  and  ye  shall  not  -iee  it.  An  I 
they  shall  say  to  you,  Lx>,  there  1  Lo,  here?  go  not  away,  nor 
follow  after  them :  for  as  the  lightning,  when  it  lighteneth  out 
of  the  one  part  under  the  heaven,  shineth  unto  the  other  pan 
under  heaven  ;  so  shall  the  Son  of  man  ])c  in  his  day.  But  first 
must  he  suffer  many  things  and  be  rejected  of  this  generation. 
And  as  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of  Noah,  even  so  shall  it  b  - 
also  in  the  days  of  the  Son  of  uiai^.     They   ate,    lh.'y  diauK, 


55 
HIS  WORDS. 

fhey  married,  they  were  given  in  marriage,  until  the  day  that 
Noah  entered  into  the  ark,  and  the  flood  came,  and  destroyed 
them  all.  Likewise  even  as  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of 
Lot;  they  ate,  they  drank,  they  bought,  they  sold,  they  planted, 
they  budded;  but  in  the  day  that  Lot  went  out  from  Sodom  it 
rained  fire  and  brimstone  from  heaven,  and  destroyed  them  all  : 
after  the  same  manner  shall  it  be  in  the  day  that  the  Son  of  man 
is  revealed.  In  that  day,  he  which  shall  be  on  the  houset  ip, 
and  his  goods  in  the  house,  let  him  not  go  down  to  take  them 
away :  and  let  him  that  is  in  the  field  likewise  not  return  back. 
Remember  Lot's  wife.  Whosoever  shall  seek  to  gain  his  life 
shall  lose  it:  but  whosoever  shall  lose  his  life  shall  preserve  it. 
1  say  unto  you.  In  that  night  there  shall  be  two  men  on  one  bed  ; 
the  one  shall  be  taken,  and  the  other  shall  be  Mt.  There 
shall  be  two  women  grinding  together;  the  one  shall  be  taken, 
and  the  q^her  shall  be  left.  .  .  Where  the  body  is,  thither 
will  the  eagles  also  be  gathered  together. 

Luke  xriii.  1-14.         t      There  was  in  a  city  a  judge. 

The  Importunate  Widow.  (  which  feared  not  God,  and 
regarded  not  man  :  and  there  was  a  widow  in  that  city ;  and 
she  came  oft  unto  him,  saying,  Avenge  me  of  mine  adversary. 
And  he  would  not  for  a  while:  but  afterward  he  said  within 
himself.  Though  I  fear  not  God,  nor  regard  man ;  yet  because 
this  widow  troubleth  me,  I  will  avenge  her,  lest  she  wear  me 
out  by  her  continual  coming.  .  .  Hear  what  the  unrighteous 
judge  saith.  And  shall  not  God  avenge  his  elect,  which  cry  to 
him  day  and  night,  and  he  is  long  suffering  over  them  ?  I  say 
unto  you,  that  he  will  avenge  them  speedily.  Howbeit  when  the 
Son  of  man  cometh,  shall  he  find  faith  on  the  earth? 

Two  men  went   up  into  the 

Ptiarisee  and  Publican.  |  temple  to  y^ray  ;  the  one  a  phari- 
see,  and  the  other  a  puWican.  The  Pharisee  stood  and  ])rayed 
thus  with  himself,  God,  I  thank  thee,  that  I  am  not  as  the  re-ft 
of  men,  extortioners,  unjust,  adulterers,  or  even  as  this  publi- 
can, I  fast  twice  in  the  week;  I  give  tithes  of  all  that  I  get. 
But  the  Publican,  standing  afar  off,  would  not  lift  up  so  much 
as  his  eyes  unto  heaven,  but  smote  his  breast,  saying,  God,  be 
merciful  to  me  a  sinner.  I  say  unto  you.  This  man  went  down 
to  his  house  justified  rather  than  the  other :  for  every  one  that 
exalteth  himself  shall  be  humbled ;  but  be  that  humbleth  him- 
self shall  be  exalted. 


56 


HIS  ACTS. 


Perea. 

Mfitt.  six.  3.  to  X.  16. 

Mark  x.  2-81. 

Luke  xviii.  ]5-30, 
Marriages  aud  Divorce. 


HIS  WORDS. 


.  .  .  Have  ye  not  read, 
that  he  which  made  tkem  from 
the  beginning  made  them  male 
and  female,  and  said,  For  this 
cause  shall  a  man  leave  his 
father  and  mother,  and  shall  cleave  to  his  wife,  and  the  twain 
shall  become  one  tlesh  ?  So  that  they  are  no  more  twain,  but 
one  flesh.  What  therefore  God  hath  joined  together,  let  no  man 
put  asunder.  They  say  unto  him.  Why  then  did  Moses  com- 
Enand  to  give  a  bill  of  divorcement,  and  to  put  her  away?  He 
saith  unto  them,  Moses  for  your  hardiiess  of  heart  suffered  you 
to  put  away  your  M'ives  :  but  from  the  beginning  it  hath  not  been 
so.  And  I  say  unto  you,  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife, 
except  for  fornication,  and  shall  marry  another,  committeth 
adultery.  .  .  .  All  men  canaot  receive  this  saying,  but  they 
\o  whom  it  is  given.  For  there  are  eunuchs,  which  were  so 
born  from  their  mother's  womb:  and  there  were  eunuchs,  which 
were  made  eunuchs  by  men ;  and  there  are  eunuchs,  which 
made  thenT^elves  eunuchs  for  the  kingdom  of  heaven's  sake. 
He  that  is  able  to  receive  it,  let  him  receive  it. 

.     .     Suffer  the  little  chil- 


Blesses  Little  Children. 


dren,  and  forbid  them  not,   to 


come  unto  me  :  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Whosoever  shall  not  receive  the  kingdom 

of  God  as  a  little  child,  shall  in  no  wise  enter  therein. 

W^hy  callest  thou  me  good  ?  Why  askest  thou  me  concerning 
?hat  which  is  good?  One  there  is  who  is  good,  even  God. 
but  if  thou  wouldest  enter  into  life,  keep  iho  commandments* 
Thou  shall  not  kill.  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery,  Thou 
shalt  not  steal,  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness.  Honor  thy 
father  and  thy  mother:  and,  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as 
sthyself.  If  thou  wouldest  be  perfect,  go,  sell  that  thou  hast  and 
give  to  the  poor,  and  thou  shalt  have  treasure  in  heaven  :  and 
come  follow  me. 

.  ,  Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
It  is  hard  for  a  rich  man  to  en- 
ter into  the  kingdom  of  heaven., 
And  again  I  say  unto  you.  It 
is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go  through  a  needle's  eye,  than  for  a 
rich  man  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God.  With  men  this  is 
impossible;  but  with  God  all  lliiugs  are  possible. 


The  Rich  Young  Man, 
aud  Eternal  Life, 


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HIS  ACTS. 


Laborers  in  the  Vine- 
yard. 


HIS  WORDS. 


.  .  Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
that  ye  which  have  followed 
me,  in  the  regeneration  when  the  Son  of  man  shall  sit  on  the 
throne  of  his  glory,  ye  also  shall  sit  upon  twelve  thrones,  judg- 
ing the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel.  And  every  one  that  hath  left 
houses,  or  brethren,  or  sisters,  or  father,  or  mother,  or  children, 
or  lands,  f^.r  my  iKunc'd  sake  shall  receive  a  hundredfold  in  this 
life  with  persecutions,  and  >-hall  inherit  eternal  life.  Bat  many 
shall  be  last  that  are  first ;  and  first  that  are  last.  For  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  is  like  unto  a  man  that  is  a  householder,  which 
went  out  early  in  the  morning  to  hire  laborers  into  his  vineyard. 
And  when  he  had  agreed  with  the  laborers  f  )r  a  penny  a  day, 
he  sent  them  into  his  vineyard.  And  he  went  out  about  the 
third  hour,  and  saw  others  standing  in  the  marketplace  idle ; 
and  to  thjm  he  said,  Go  ye  also  into  the  vineyard,  and  whatso- 
ever is  right  I  will  give  you.  And  they  went  their  way.  Again 
he  went  out  about  the  sixth  and  the  ninth  hour,  and  did  like- 
wise. And  about  the  eleventh  hour  he  went  out,  and  found 
others  standing  :  and  he  saith  unto  them,  Why  st.and  ye  here  all 
the  day  idle?  They  say  unto  him,  Because  no  man  hath  hired 
us.  He  sxithunto  them,  Go  ye  also  into  the  vineyard.  And 
when  even  was  come,  the  lord  of  the  vineyard  saith  unto  his 
Steward,  Call  the  laborers,  and  pay  them  their  hire,  beginning 
from  the  List  unto  the  first.  And  when  they  came  th.at  were 
hired  about  the  eleventh  hour,  they  received  every  man  a  penny, 
And  when  the  first  came,  they  supposed  that  they  would  receive 
more ;  and  they  likewise  received  every  man  a  penny.  And 
when  they  received  it,  they  murmured  against  the  householder, 
saying,  These  last  have  spent  but  one  hour,  and  thou  hast  made 
them  equal  unto  us,  which  have  borne  the  burden  of  the  day 
and  the  scorching  heat.  But  he  answered  and  said  to  one  of 
them,  Friend,  I  do  thee  no  wronr; :  didst  not  thou  agree  with 
me  for  a  penny?  Take  up  that  which  is  thine,  and  go  thy  way ;  it 
is  my  will  to  give  unto  this  last  even  as  unto  thee.  Is  it  not  lawful 
for  me  to  do  whit  I  will  with  mine  own  ?  or  is  thine  eye  evil  be- 
cause I  am  good  ?  So  the  last  shall  be  first,  and  the  first  last. 
J.  C.     rcrcp  and  Terioho.  j^  .j^^^^^^  ^.^  ^^  ^,p  ^^  j^^^^^^^ 

lem ;  and  the  Son  of  man  shall 
be  delivered  unto  the  chief 
priests  and   scribes ;    and   thev 


Matt.  XX.  17-JV^l. 
81.  Markx,;3_>-52. 

Luke  xviii.    81,   to 
xix.  28. 
nis  Death  and  Resur 


rectiou.  shall  condemn  him  to  death,  and 


58 


shall  deliver  him  unta  the  Gentiles  to  mock,  and  shamefully 
entreat  and  spit  upon  and  to  scour_^e,  and  to  crucify:  and  the 
third  day  he  shall   be  raised  up. 

HSS  ACTS. 


Ambition. 

James   And  John   Re- 
buked. 


Ileuls  Blind  Bartemeus. 
Visits  Zacchueus. 


What  would  ye  that  I  should 
do  for  you.  .  .  Ye  know  not 
what  ye  ask.  Are  ye  able  to  drink  the  cup  that  I  am  about 
to  drink  ?  .  .  My  cup  indeed  ye  shall  drink  :  but  to  sit  on 
my  right  hand,  and  on  my  left  hand,  is  not  mine  to  give,  but 
it  is  for  them  for  whom  it  hath  been  prepared  of  my  Father. 
.  .  .  Ye  know  that  the  rulers  of  the  Gentiles  lord  it  over 
them,  and  their  great  ones  exercise  authority  ov^er  them.  Not 
so  shall  it  l)j  among  you  :  but  whosoever  would  become  great 
among  yoa  shall  be  }  our  minister,  and  whosoever  would  be  first 
among  you  shall  be  your  servant :  even  as  the  Son  of  man  came 
not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to  minister,  and  lo  give  his  life  a 
ransom  for  many, 

.  .  What  will  vMh-Tt  I  should 
do  unto  you?  Recci  \e  thy  sight. 
Zacchreus,  make  haste,  and 
come  down;  for  to-day  I  must 
abide  at  thy  house.  To- day  is  salvation  come  to  this  house,  for 
as  much  as  lie  also  is  a  sun  of  Abraham.  For  the  Son  of  man 
came  to  seek  and  to  save,  that  which  was  lost. 

I  A  certain  nobleman  went  into 
Parable  ten  Pounds.  la  far  country,  to  receive  for 
himself  a  kingdom,  and  to  i-eturn.  And  he  called  ten  servants 
of  hi>,  and  gave  them  ten  pounds,  and  said  unto  them.  Trade 
ye  herewith,  till  I  come.  But  his  citizens  hited  him,  and  sent 
an  ambassage  after  him,  saying.  We  will  not  tliat  this  man  reign 
over  us.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  was  come  back  again, 
having  received  the  kingdom,  that  he  commanded  these  ser- 
vants, unto  whom  he  had  given  the  money,  to  be  called  to  him, 
that  he  might  know  wh.it  they  had  gained  by  trading.  And  the 
first  came  before  him  saying,  Lord,  thy  pound  hath  made  ten 
pounds  more.  And  he  said  unto  him.  Well  done,  thou  good 
servant:  because  thou  war^t  found  faithful  in  a  very  little,  have 
thou  authority  over  ten  cities.  And  the  second  came  saying, 
Thy  pound,  Lord,  hath  made  five  ]X)unds.  And  he  said  unto 
hiiu  also,  Cj  thou  also  over  fiv-  ciilc.s.      And  another  came,  say- 


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HIS  WORDS. 

ing,  Lord,  behold,  here  is  thy  pound,  which  I  kept  laid  up  in  a 
napkin  :  for  I  feared  thee,  because  thou  art  an  austere  man  : 
thou  takest  up  that  thou  1  lyedst  not  down,  and  reapest  that  thou 
didst  not  sow.  Hi  sailh  u  ito  him.  Out  of  thine  own  mouth 
will  I  judge  thee,  thou  wicked  servant.  Thou  knewest  that  I 
am  an  austere  man,  taking  up  that  I  laid  not  down,  and  reai)in<^ 
that  I  did  n-.t  sow  ;  th.n  when  fore  gavest  thou  not  my  money 
into  the  bank,  and  I  at  my  coming  should  have  required  it  with 
interest ?  And  he  said  unto  them  that  stood  by,  Take  awiy 
from  him  the  pound,  and  give  it  unto  him  that  hath  the  ten 
pounds.  And  they  said  unto  him,  Lord,  he  hath  ten  pounds. 
I  say  unto  you,  that  unto  every  one  that  haih  shall  he  give  i  ; 
but  from  him  that  hath  not,  even  that  which  he  hath  shall  he 
taken  from  him.  Howbeit  these  mine  enemies,  which  wou.tl 
not  that  I  should  reign  over  them,  bring  hither  and  slay  them 
before  me. 


HIS  ACTS. 

Bethany. 

Johii  xi-55  to  xii-11. 

Sups  with  Lazarus. 

Mary  Anoints  his  feet, 
with  Precious  Oint- 
ment. 

Judas  Iscariot  Com- 
plains. 


.  .  .  Suffer  her  to  keep  it 
against  the  day  of  my  burying, 
for  the  poor  ye  have  always 
with  you,  but  me  ye  have  not 
always. 

Go  into  the  village  that  is 
over  against  you,  and  straight- 
way ye  shall  find  an  ass  tied,  and  a  colt  with  her  whereon  no 
man  ever  yet  sat :  loose  them,  and  bring  them  unto  me.  And  if 
any  one  say  aught  unto  you,  ye  shall  say,  The  Lord  hath  need 
of  them ;  and  straightway  he  will  send  them.  Now  this  is 
come  to  pass,  that  it  might  be  fulfilled  which  was  spoken  by  the 
prophet,  saying,  Tell  ye  the  daughter  of  Zion,  Behold,  thy 
King  Cometh  unto  thee,  meek,  and  riding  upon  an  ass,  And 
upon  a  colt  the  foal  of  an  ass. 

.  .  It  is  written.  My  house 
shall  be  called  a  house  ot  prayer, 
but  ye  make  it  a  den  of  robbers. 
.  Yea,  did  ye  never  rea  ', 
Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes  and 
sncklings  thou  hast  perfected 
praise  ? 

.  .  Let  there  be  no  fruit 
from  thee  henceforward  forever. 


Jeru'^alcm. 

Matt.  xxi.  1-16. 
Markxi.  l,toxii.l2. 
Luke    xix.    29,    to 

XX.  19. 
John  xii.  12-19. 
Enters  into  Jerusalem. 
Drives  Traders  from  the 

Temple. 
Heals    the    Lame   and 
Blind. 
Parable  uf  Fig  Tree. 


60 
HIS  WORDS. 

.  .  Have  faith  in  God.  .  .  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  if  ye 
have  faith,  and  doubt  not,  ye  shall  not  only  do  what  is  done  to 
the  fig  tree,  but  even  if  ye  shall  say  unto  this  mountain.  Be  thou 
taken  up  and  cast  into  the  sea,  it  shall  be  done.  And  all  things, 
whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in  prayer,  believing,  ye  shall  receive. 
And  whensoever  ye  stand  praying,  forgive,  if  ye  have  aught 
against  any  one  :  that  your  Father  also  which  is  in  heaven  may 
forgive  you  your  trespasses.  .  .  I  also  will  ask  you  one 
question,  which  if  ye  tell  me,  I  likewise  U'ill  tell  you  by  what 
authority  I  do  these  things.  The  baptism  of  John,  whence  was 
it  ?  answer  me,  from  heaven  or  from  men.  .  .  Neither  tell 
I  you  by  what  authority  I  do  these  things. 

nio   nUBO.  But  what  think  ye ?     A  man 

Parable  of  two  Sons.  |  had  two  sons;  and  he  came  to 
the  first,  and  said.  Son,  go  work  to-day  in  the  vineyard.  And 
he  answered  and  said,  I  will  not:  but  afterward  he  repented 
himself,  and  went.  And  he  came  to  the  second,  and  said  like- 
wise. And  he  answered  and  said,  I  go,  sir :  and  went  not. 
Whether  of  the  twain  did  the  will  of  his  father?  .  .  Verily 
I  say  unto  you,  that  the  publicans  and  the  harlots  go  into  the 
kingdom  of  God  before  you.  For  John  came  unto  you  in  the 
way  of  righteousness,  and  ye  believed  hnn  not :  but  the  publicans 
and  the  harlots  believed  him  :  and  ye  when  ye,  saw  it,  did  not 
even  repent  yourselves  afterward,  that  ye  might  believe  him. 

Parable  of  Wicked  Hus-  i       Hear  another  parable  :  There 
bandmen.  |  was  a    mm    that  was    a  house- 

holder, which  planted  a  vineyard,  and  set  a  hedge  about  it,  and 
digged  a  winepress  in  it,  and  built  a  tower,  aiul  let  it  out  to 
husbandmen,  and  went  into  another  country.  And  when  the 
season  of  the  fruits  drew  near,  he  sent  his  servants  to  the  hus- 
bandmen, to  receive  his  fruits.  And  the  husbandm^iu  took  his 
servants  and  beat  one,  and  killed  another,  and  stoned  another. 
Again,  he  sent  other  servants  more  than  the  first :  and  they  did 
unto  them  in  like  manner.  But  afterward  he  sent  unto  them 
his  son,  saying.  They  will  reverence  my  son.  But  the  husbmd- 
men,  when  they  saw  the  sou,  said  among  themselves.  This  is 
tlie  heir;  come,  let  us  kill  him,  and  take  his  inh'jritance. 
And  they  took  him,  and  cast  him  forth  out  of  the  vine- 
yard, and  killed  him.  When  therefore  the  lord  of  the 
vineyard   shall  come,   what  will  he    do  unto   those    husband- 


61 
HIS  WORDS. 

men?  (He  will  miserably  destroy  those  miserable  men, 
and  will  let  out  the  vineyard  unto  other  husbandmen, 
which  shall  render  him  the  fruits  in  their  seasons.)  Did 
ye  never  read  in  the  scriptures,  The  stone  which  the  builders 
rejected,  The  same  was  made  the  head  of  the  corner: 
Th  s  was  from  the  Lord,  And  it  is  marvellous  in  our  eyes  ? 
Therefore  say  I  unto  you.  The  kingdom  of  God  shall  be  taken 
away  from  you,  and  shall  be  given  to  a  nation  bringing  forth  the 
fruits  thereof,  And  he  that  falleth  on  this  stone  shall  be  broken 
to  pieces  ;  but  on  whomsoever  it  shall  fall,  it  will  scatter  him  as 
dust.  .  .  I  tell  you  that,  if  these  shall  hold  their  peace,  the 
stones  will  cry  out.  (He  Weeps).  If  thou  hadst  known  in  this 
day,  even  thou,  the  things  M'hich  belong  unto  peace  !  But  now 
they  ar  J  hid  from  thine  eyes.  For  the  days  shall  come  upon  thee, 
when  thine  enemies  shall  cast  up  a  bank  about  thee,  and  com- 
pass thee  round,  and  keep  thee  in  on  every  side,  and  shall 
dash  thee  to  the  ground,  and  thy  children  within  thee ;  and 
they  shall  not  leave  in  thee  one  stone  upon  another:  because 
thou  knowest  not  the  time  of  thy  visitation. 

HIS   ACTS.  .     .     The  kingdom  of  heaven 

^  ^      ^         ,  is  likened  unto  a  certain  king, 

J.  C.     Jerusalem.  ,  .  ,  ,  .         c      .^ 

Matt.  XX.  1,  to  xxm.39    which  made  a  marriage  feast  for 
3-1.  Mark  xii.  13-44.  his  son,  and  sent  forth  his  ser- 

Luke  XX.  20,  to  xxi.  4.  ^ants  to  call  them  that  were  bid- 
John  xu.  20-;i0.  1  ^  ^-L  •  r  i.  j 
Marriage,  King's  Son.  den  to  the  marriage  feast :  and 
they  would  not  come.  Again  he  sent  forth  other  servants  say- 
ing, Tell  them  that  are  bidden,  Behold,  I  have  made  ready  my 
dinner ;  my  oxen  and  my  fatlings  are  killed,  and  all  things  are 
ready:  come  to  the  marriage  feast.  But  they  made  light  of  it 
and  went  their  ways,  one  to  his  own  farm,  another  to  his  mer- 
chandise :  and  the  rest  laid  hold  on  his  servants,  and  entreated 
them  shamefully,  and  killed  them.  But  the  king  was  wroth ; 
and  he  sent  his  armies,  and  destroyed  those  murderers  and 
burned  their  city.  Then  saith  he  to  his  servants.  The  wedding 
is  ready,  but  they  that  were  bidden  were  not  worthy.  Go  ye 
therefore  unto  the  partings  of  the  highways,  and  as  many  as  ye 
shall  find,  bid  to  the  marriage  feast.  And  those  servants  went 
out  into  the  highways  and  gathered  together  all  as  many  as 
they  found,  both  bad  and  good:  and  the  wedding  was  filled 
with  guests.  But  when  the  king  came  in  to  behold  the  guests, 
he  saw  there  a  man  which  had  not  on  a  wedding-garment :  and 


Pharisees  question  him 
on  tribute  to  Ceesar. 


62 
HIS  WORDS. 

he  saith  unto  him,  Friend,  how  earnest  thou  in  hither  not  having 
a  wedding-garment  ?  And  he  was  speechless.  Then  the  king 
said  to  the  servants.  Bind  him  hand  and  foot,  and  cast  him  out 
into  the  outer  darkness;  there  shall  be  the  weeping  and  gnash- 
ing of  teeth.     For  many  are  called,  but  few  chosen. 

HIS   ACTS.  .     .     .     Why   tempt  ye  me, 

ye  hypocrites?  Shew  me  the 
tribute  money.  And  they  brought 
unto  him  a  penny.  And  he  saith  unto  them,  Whose  is  this  image 
and  superscription?  Render  therefore  unto  Caesar  the  things 
that  are  Caesar's ;  and  unto  God  the  things  that  are  God's. 

Sadducees  on  Resurrec- 1      .     .     Ye  do  err,  not  knowing 
tion.  I  the    scriptures,   nor   the   power 

of  God.  The  sons  of  this  world  marry  and  are  given  in  mar- 
riage, but  they  that  are  accounted  worthy  to  attain  to  the  world 
and  the  resurrection  from  the  dead  neither  marry,  nor  are  given 
in  marriage,  for  neither  can  they  die  any  more ;  for  they  are  equal 
unto  the  angels  in  heaven,  and  are  Sons  of  God.  But  as  touch- 
ing the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  have  ye  not  read  in  the  Book 
of  Moses,  in  the  place  concerning  the  Bush,  how  God  spake 
unto  him,  saying,  I  am  the  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of 
Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob  ?  God  is  not  the  God  of  the  dead, 
but  of  the  living  :  ye  do  greatly  err. 

A  Lawyer  questions.  I  ^he  first  is.  Hear,  O  Israel : 
I  The  Lord  our  God,  the  Lord  is 
one;  and.  Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart, 
and  with  all  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind.  This  is  the  great 
and  first  commandment.  A  second  like  tinto  it  is  this.  Thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself.  On  these  two  command- 
ments hangeth  the  whole  law  and  the  prophets. 

.     .     .     Thou  art  not  far  from  the  kingdom  of  God.     .     .     . 
What   think   ye  of  the  Christ  ?   whose  son  is  he  ?     IIow  say 
the  scribes  that  Christ   is  the  son  of  David?     How  then  dolh 
David  in  the  Spirit  call  him  Lord,  saying. 
The  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord, 
Sit  thou  on  my  right  hand. 
Till  I  put  thine  enemies  underneath  thy  feet  ? 
If  David  then  calleth  him  Lord,  how  is  he  his  son  ? 

^  I      .     .     .     The  scribes  and  the 

Denounces  Pharisees.     |  ph^^isees  sit  on  Moses'  seat ;  all 


63 
HIS  WORDS. 

iViings  therefore  whatsoever  they  bid  you,  these  do  and  observe: 
liut  do  not  ye  after  theif  works ;  for  they  say,  and  do  not,  they 
which  devour  widows'  houses,  and  for  a  pretence  make  long 
prayers.  Yea,  they  bind  heavy  burdens  and  grievous  to  be 
borne,  and  lay  them  on  men's  shoulders:  but  they  themselves 
will  not  move  them  with  their  finger.  But  all  their  works  they 
do  for  to  be  seen  of  men  :  these  shall  receive  greater  comdem- 
nation,  for  they  make  broad  their  phylacteries,  and  enlarge 
the  borders  of  their  garments,  and  love  the  chief  places  at 
feasts,  and  the  chief  Seats  in  the  synagogues,  and  the  saluta- 
tions in  the  marketplaces,  and  to  be  called  of  men,  Rabbi.  But 
be  not  ye  called  Rabbi;  for  one  is  your  teacher,  and  all  ye  are 
brethren.  And  call  no  man  y  mr  father  on  the  earth ;  for  one  is 
your  Father,  which  is  in  heaven.  Neither  be  ye  called  masters  : 
for  one  is  your  master,  even  the  Christ.  But  he  that  is  greatest 
among  you  shall  be  your  servant.  And  whosoever  shall  exalt 
himself  shall  be  humbled;  and  whosover  shall  humble  himself 
shall  be  exalted. 

But  woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites  !  because 
ye  shut  the  kingdom  of  heaven  against  men ;  for  ye  enter  not  in 
yourselves,  neither  suffer  ye  them  that  are  entering  in  to  enter. 

Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites!  for  ye  com- 
pass sea  and  land  to  make  one  proselyte;  and  when  he  is  be- 
come so,  ye  make  him  twofold  more  a  son  of  hell  than  your- 
selves. 

Woe  iTnto  you,  ye  blind  guides,  which  say.  Whosoever  shall 
swear  by  the  temple,  it  is  ncjtliing ;  but  whosoever  shall  swear 
by  the  gold  of  the  temple,  he  is  a  debtor.  Ye  fools  and  blind  : 
for  whether  is  greater,  the  gold,  or  the  temple  that  hath  sancti- 
fied the  gold  ?  And,  Whosoever  shall  swear  by  the  altar,  it  is 
nothing;  but  whosoever  shall  swenr  by  the  gift  that  is  upon  it, 
lie  is  a  debtor.  Ye  blind:  for  u-hether  is  greater,  the  gi'ft,  or 
ithe  altar  that  sanctifieth  the  gift  .'*  He  therefore  that  sweareth  by 
the  altar,  sweareth  by  it,  a.nd  by  all  things  thereon.  And  he 
that  sweareth  by  the  temple,  sweareth  by  it,  and  by  him  that 
dwelleth  therein.  And  he  that  sweareth  by  the  heaven,  sweareth 
by  the  throne  of  God,  and  by  him  that  sitteth  thereon. 

Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites!  for  ye  tithe 
mint  and  anise  and  cummin,  and  have  left  undone  the  weightier 
matters  of  the  law,  judgment,  and  mercy,  and  faith :  but  these 
ye  ought  to  have  done,  and  nut  to  have  left  the  other  undone. 


64 
HIS  WORDS. 

Ye  blind  guides,  which  strain  out  the  gnat,  and  swallow  the  camel. 
Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites  !  for  ye  cleanse 
the  outside  of  the  cup  and  of  the  platter,  but  within  they  nvc 
full  from  extortion  and  excess.  Thou  blind  Pharisee,  cleanse 
first  the  inside  of  the  cup  and  of  the  platter,  that  the  outside 
thereof  may  become  clean  also. 

"Woe  imto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites  !  for  ye  are 
like  unto  whited  sepulchres,  which  outwardly  appear  lieautiful, 
but  inwardly  are  full  of  dead  men's  bones,  and  of  all  unclean- 
ness.  Even  so  ye  also  outwardly  appear  righteous  unto  men, 
but  inwardly  ye  are  full  of  hypocrisy  and  iniquity. 

Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites !  for  ye  build 
the  sepulchres  of  the  prophets,  and  garnish  the  tombs  of  the 
righteous,  and  say,  If  we  had  been  in  the  days  of  our  fathers, 
we  should  not  have  been  partakers  with  them  in  the  blood  of 
the  prophets.  Wherefore  ye  witness  to  yourselves,  that  ye  arc 
sons  of  them  that  slew  the  prophets.  Fill  ye  up  then  the  mea- 
sure of  your  fathers.  Ye  serpents,  ye  offspring  of  viptrs,  how 
shall  ye  escape  the  judgment  of  hell?  Therefore,  behold,  I 
send  unto  you  prophets,  and  wi-^e  men,  and  scribes:  some  of 
themshallyekill  and  crucify;  andsome  of  them  shall  ye  scourge 
in  your  synagogues,  and  persecute  from  city  to  city  :  that  upon 
you  may  come  all  the  righteous  blood  shed  on  the  earth,  from 
the  blood  of  Abel  the  righteous  unto  the  blood  of  Zachariah  son 
of  Barachiah,  whom  ye  slew  between  the  sanctuary  and  the 
altar.  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  All  these  things  shall  come  upon 
this  generation. 

HIS  ACTS. 


Laments  'over    Jerusa- 
lem, 


O  Jerusalem,  Jenisnlem  which 
killeth  the  prophets,  and  stoneth 
them  that  are  sent  unlO'her !  how 
often  would  i  have  gathered 
thy  children  together,  even  as  a  hen  gathereth  her  chickens 
nnder  her  wings,  and  ye  would  not  I  Behold,  your  house  is  left 
unto  you  desolate.  For  I  say  unto  you,  Ye  shall  not  see  me 
henceforth,  till  ye  shall  say.  Blessed  zs  he  that  conieth  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 

I       Verily,  I   sav  «nto  you.  This; 

The  Widow's  Mite,         [   poor  widow  cast  in  more  than 

all  they  which  are  casting  into  the  treasury;  for  they  all  did  cat 

in  of  their  superflxiity :  but  she  of  her  want  did  cast  in  all  that 

she  had,  even  all  her  living:- 


65 


HIS  ACTS. 

Greeks  Visit  Him. 


HIS  WORDS. 


.  ,  .  The  hour  is  come, 
that  the  Son  of  Man  should  be 
glorified.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  Except  a  grain  of 
wheat  fall  into  the  earth  and  die,  it  abideth  hy  itself  alone  ;  but 
if  it  die,  it  beareth  much  fruir.  He  that  lovcth  his  life  loseth  it; 
and  he  that  hateth  his  life  in  this  world  shall  keep  it  unto  life 
eternal.  If  any  iinn  serve  me,  let  him  follow  mej  and  where 
I  am,  there  shnll  also  my  servant  be  :  if  any  man  serve  me,  hiin 
will  the  Father  honor.  Now  is  my  soul  troubled;  and  what 
shall  I  say  ?  Faiher,  save  me  from  this  h  ur.  But  for  this 
cause  came  I  unto  this  hour,  Father,  f  lorify  thy  name.  (A 
voice  out  of  heaven,  I  have  both  glorified  it,  and  will  glorify  it 
again.)  ,  .  ,  This  voice  hath  not  come  for  my  sake,  but  for 
your  sakes.  Now  is  the  judgment  of  this  world  :  now  shall  the 
prince  of  this  world  be  cast  out.  And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up  from 
the  earth,  will  draw  all  men  unto  myself,  .  .  .  Yet  a  little 
while  is  the  light  among  you.  Walk  while  j'^e  have  the  light, 
that  darkness  overtake  you  not :  and  he  that  walketh  in  the  dark- 
ness knoweth  nr)t  whither  he  goeth.  While  ye  have  the  light, 
believe  on  the  light,  that  ye  may  become  sons  of  light. 

I      .     .     .     He  that  believeth  on 
/  J^^^^*^^  Unbelief.  \  ^^^^  believeth  not  on  me,  but  on 

him  that  sent  me.  And  he  that  beholdeth  me  heholdeth  him 
that  sent  me.  I  am  come  a  light  into  the  world,  that  Avho^oevcr 
believeth  on  me  may  not  abide  in  the  darkness.  And  if  any 
man  hear  my  sayings,  and  keep  them  not,  I  judge  hini  not:  for 
I  came  not  to  judge  the  world,  but  to  save  the  world.  He  that 
rejecteth  me,  and  receiveth  not  my  sayings,  hath  one  that  judgeth 
him  :  the  word  that  I  spake  the  same  shall  judge  him  in  the  last 
day.  For  I  spake  not  from  myself;  but  the  Father  which  sent 
me,  he  hath  given  me  a  commandment,  M'hat  I  should  say, 
and  what  I  should  speak.  And  I  knov;  that  his  commandment 
is  life  eternal  :  the  things  therefore  which  I  speak,  even  as  the 
Father  hath  said  unto  me,  so  I  speak. 

Jerusalem.  _,  ,,     , 

Mount  of  Olives.  .     .     .     See  ye  not  all  these 


Matt.  xxiv.  1,  to  XXV 

46. 

Mark  xviii.  l-"?. 

Luke  xxi.  5-30. 

Predicts  I'tTseontions. 

.Terusfil?m's(lcsirneti()n. 

End  of  Jewish  Dispcu- 

satiun. 


great  buildings?  verily  I  say  unto 
you,  There  .shall  not  be  Lfthcre 
one  stone  upon  another,  that 
shr.ll  not  be  thrown  down. 

.     .     .     Take  heed    that  no 
man  1  jad  you  astray.     For  many 


66 


HIS  ACTS. 


Christ's  Final  Coming. 
Day  of  Judgment. 


HIS  WORDS. 


shall  come  in  my  name,  saying, 
I  am  the  Chri.st ;  and  shall  lead 
many  astray.  And  ye  shall  bear  of  \\ar.s  and  rumors  of  wars  i 
see  that  ye  be  not  iruubled  {  fur  tkesi  (Jiittgs  must  needs  come  to 
pass;  but  the  end  is  not  yet.  For  liatiun  shall  rise  against  na- 
tion, and  kingdom  against  kingdom:  c^nd  there  shall  be  famines 
and  pestilences  and  earthquakes  in  divers  places.  But  all  these 
things  are  the  beginning  of  travail. 

.  .  .  But  take  ye  heed  to  yourselves  x  for  they  shall  dc 
liver  you  up  to  councils  and  shall  kill  you  ;  and  in  synagogues 
shall  ye  be  beaten ;  and  before  governors  and  kings  shall  ye 
stand  for  my  sake,  for  a  testimony  unto  them.  And  this  gospel 
of  the  kingdom  must  first  be  preached  in  the  whole  world  for  a 
testimony  unto  all  the  nations,  And  then  shall  the  end  come. 
And  when  they  lead  you  to  judgment^  and  deliver  you  up,  be  not 
anxious  beforehand  what  ye  shall  speak  t  but  whatsoever  shall  be 
given  you  in  that  hour,  that  speak  ye ;  for  I  will  give  you  a  mouth 
and  wisdom  which  all  your  adversaries  shall  not  be  able  to  with- 
stand or  gainsay,  for  it  is  hot  ye  that  speak,  but  the  Holy  Ghost. 
And  then  shall  many  stumble,  and  shall  hate  one  another.  And 
brother  shall  deliver  up  brother  to  death,  and  the  father  his 
child;  and  children  shall  rise  up  against  parents,  and  cause 
them  to  be  put  to  death.  And  many  false  prophets  shall  arise, 
and  shall  leid  many  astray.  And  because  iniquity  shall  be  mul» 
tiplied,  the  love  of  the  many  shall  wax  cold.  And  ye  shall  be 
hated  of  all  men  for  my  name's  sakes  but  he  that  endureth  to 
the  end  the  same  shall  be  saved,  and  not  a  hair  of  your  head 
shall  perish.     In  your  patience  ye  shall  win  your  souls. 

When  therefore  ye  see  Jerusalem  encompassed  with  armies 
and  the  abomination  of  desolation,  which  was  spoken  of  by 
Daniel  the  prophet,  standing  in  the  holy  place  where  he  ought 
not  (let  him  that  readeth  Understand),  then  let  them  that  are  m 
juda^a  flee  unto  the  mountains  i  let  him  that  is  on  the  housetop 
not  go  duwn  to  take  out  the  things  that  are  in  his  house  :  and 
let  him  that  is  in  the  field  not  return  back  to  take  his  cloke. 
But  woe  unto  them  that  are  with  child  and  to  them  that  give 
suck  fn  those  days  1  And  pray  ye  that  your  flight  be  not  in  the 
winter,  neither  on  a  sabbath  :  for  then  shall  be  great  tribulation, 
such  as  hath  not  been  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  until  now, 
no,  nor  ever  sh.all  be,  for  these  are  the  days  of  vengeance,  that 
all  ihings  which  are  written  may  be  fulfilled;  for  there  shall  be 


67 
HIS  WORDS. 

great  distress  upon  the  land,  and  wrath  unto  this  people.  And 
they  shall  fall  by  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  shall  be  led  cap- 
tive into  all  the  nations  :  and  Jerusalem  shall  be  trodden  down 
of  the  Gentiles,  until  the  times  (»f  the  Gentiles  be  fulfilled. 
And  except  the  Lord  had  shortened  these  days,  no  flesh  would 
have  been  saved,  but  for  the  elect's  sake  whom  he  chose,  those 
days  shall  be  shortened. 

Then  if  any  man  shall  say  unto  you,  Lo,  here  is  the  Christ, 
or,  Here ;  believe  it  not.  For  there  shall  arise  false  Christs, 
and  false  prophets,  and  shall  shew  great  signs  and  wonders  ;  so 
as  to  lead  astray,  if  possible,  even  the  elect.  But  take  ye  hcd  : 
Behold,  I  have  told  you  beforehand.  If  therefore  they  shall 
say  unto  you,  Behold,  he  is  in  the  wilderness;  go  not  forth: 
Behold,  he  is  in  the  inner  chambers ;  believe  it  not.  For  as 
the  lightning  cometh  forth  from  the  east,  and  is  seen  even  unto 
the  west;  so  shall  be  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  man.  Where- 
soever the  carcase  is,  there  will  the  eagles  be  gathered  together. 

But  immediately,  after  the  tribulation  of  those  days,  the  sun 
shall  be  darkened,  and  the  moon  shall  not  give  her  light,  and 
the  stars  shall  fall  from  heaven,  and  the  powers  of  the  ht-avens 
shall  be  shaken  :  and  then  shall  appear  the  sign  of  the  Son  of 
man  in  heaven  :  and  then  shall  all  the  tribes  of  the  earth  mourn 
in  pei-plexity  for  the  roaring  of  the  sea  and  the  billows;  men 
fainting  for  fear,  and  for  expectation  of  the  things  which  are 
coming  on  the  world :  and  they  shall  see  the  Son  of  man  com- 
ing on  the  clouds  of  heaven  with  power  and  great  glory.  And 
he  shall  send  forth  his  angt  Is  with  a  great  sound  of  a  trumpet, 
and  the;^  shall  gather  together  his  elect  from  the  four  winds,  from 
the  uttermost  part  of  the  earth  to  the  uttermost  part  of  heaven. 
But  when  these  things  begin  to  come  to  pas"^,  look  up,  and  lift 
up  your  heads;  because  your  redemption  draweih  nigh. 

Now  from  the  fig  tree  learn  her  parable  :  when  her  branch  is 
now  become  tender,  and  putteth  forth  its  leaves,  ye  know  that 
the  summer  is  nigh;  even  so  ye  also,  when  ye  see  all  these 
things,  know  ye  that  he  is  nigh,  even  at  the  doors.  Verily  I  say 
unto  you,  This  generation  shall  not  pass  away,  till  all  these 
things  be  accomplished.  Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away, 
but  my  words  shall  not  pass  away.  But  of  that  day  and  hour 
knoweth  no  one,  not  even  the  angels  of  heaven,  neither  the  Son, 
but  the  Father  only.  But  take  heed  to  yourselves,  lest  haply 
your  hearts  be  overcharged  wi'h  surfeiting,  and   drunkenness. 


68 
HIS  WORDS. 

and  cares  of  this  life,  and  that  day  come  on  you  suddenly  as  a 
snare  :  for  so  shall  it  come  upon  all  them  that  dwell  on  the  face 
of  £.11  the  earth.  But  watch  ye  at  every  season,  making  suppli- 
cation, that  ye  may  prevail  to  escape  all  these  things  that  shall 
come  to  pass,  and  to  stand  before  the  Son  of  man.  And  as  were 
the  days  of  Noah,  so  shall  be  the  coming  of  the  Son  of  man. 
For  as  in  those  days  which  were  before  the  flood  they  were  eat- 
ing and  drinking,  marrying  and  giving  in  marriage,  until  the 
day  that  Noah  entered  into  the  ark,  and  they  knew  not  until  the 
flood  came  and  took  them  all  away;  so  shall  be  the  coming  of 
the  Son  of  man.  Then  shall  two  men  be  in  the  field ;  one  is 
taken,  and  one  is  left :  two  women  shall  be  grinding  at  the  mill; 
one  is  taken,  and  one  is  left.  Watch  therefore:  for  ye  know 
not  on  what  day  your  Lord  cometh.  Whether  at  even  or  at 
midnight  or  at  cock  crowing  or  in  the  morning.  But  know  this, 
that  if  the  master  of  the  house  had  known  in  what  watch  the 
thief  was  coming,  he  would  ha\'e  watched,  and  would  not  have 
."-ufkred  his  house  to  be  broken  through.  Therefore  be  ye  also 
ready,  lest  coming  suddenly  he  find  you  sleeping,  and  what  I 
siy  unto  you  I  say  unto  all,  watch,  for  in  an  hour  that  ye  think 
not  the  Son  of  man  cometh.  Who  then  is  the  faithful  and  wise 
servant,  whom  his  lord  hath  set  over  his  household,  to  give  them 
their  food  in  due  season?  Blessed  is  that  servant,  whom  his 
lord  when  he  cometh  shall  find  so  doing.  Verily  I  say  unto 
you,  that  he  will  set  him  over  all  that  he  hath.  But  if  that  evil 
servant  shall  say  in  his  heart,  My  lord  tarrieth  ;  and  shall  begin 
to  beat  his  fellow-servants,  and  shall  eat  and  drink  with  the 
drunken;  the  lord  of  that  servant  shall  come  in  a  day  \vhen  he 
expecteth  not,  and  in  an  hour  when  he  knoweth  not,  and  shall 
cut  him  asunder,  and  appoint  his  portion  with  the  hypocrites : 
there  shall  l)e  the  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

Then  shall  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  be  likened  unto  ten  vir- 
gins, which  took  their  lamps, 
and  went  forth  to  meet  the  bride- 


HBS  ACTS. 

Parables. 

The  Ten  Virgins. 


groom.  And  five  of  them  were  foolish,  and  five  were  wise.  For 
the  foolish,  when  they  took  their  lamps,  took  no  oil  with  them  :  but 
the  wise  took  oil  in  their  vessels  with  their  lamps.  Now  while 
the  bridegroom  tarried,  they  all  slumbered  and  slept.  But  at 
midnight  there  is  a  cry.  Behold,  the  Bridegroom !  Come  ye 
forth  to  meet  him.     Then  all  those  virgins  arose,  and  trinuned 


69 
HIS  WORDS. 

their  lamps.  And  the  foolish  said  unto  the  wise,  Give  us  of 
your  oil ;  for  our  lamps  are  going  out.  But  the  wise  answered, 
saying,  Peradventure  there  will  not  be  enough  for  us  and  you  : 
cro  ye  rather  to  them  that  sell,  and  buy  for  yourselves.  And 
while  they  went  away  to  buy,  the  bridegroom  came;  and  they 
that  were  ready  went  in  with  him  to  the  marriage  feast :  and  the 
door  was  shut.  Afterward  come  also  the  other  virgins,  saying, 
Lord,  Lord,  open  to  us.  But  he  answered  and  said,  Verily  I 
say  unto  you,  I  know  you  not.  Watch  therefore,  for  ye  know 
not  the  day  nor  the  hour. 

HIS  ACTS  1 

1 1  lo       w  I  *?.  Yor  it  is  as  when  a  man,  going 

The  Five  Talents.  '  into      another   country,    called 

his  own  servants,  and  delivered  unto  them  his  goods.  And  unto 
one  he  gave  five  talents,  to  another  two,  to  another  one ;  to  each 
according  to  his  several  ability;  and  he  went  on  his  journey. 
Straightway  he  that  received  the  five  talents  went  and  traded 
with  them,  and  made  other  five  talents.  In  like  manner  he  also 
that  received  the  two  gained  other  two.  But  he  that  received 
the  one  went  away  and  digged  in  the  earth,  and  hid  his  lord's 
money.  Now  after  a  long  time  the  lord  of  those  servants  cometh, 
and  maketh  a  reckoning  with  them.  And  he  that  received  the 
five  talents  came  and  brought  other  five  talents,  saying.  Lord, 
thou  deliveredst  unto  me  five  talents:  lo,  I  have  gained  other 
five  talents.  His  lord  said  unto  him.  Well  done,  good  and 
faithful  servant:  thou  hast  been  faithful  over  a  few  things,  I  will 
set  thee  over  many  things:  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  lord. 
And  he  also  that  received  the  two  talents  came  and  said,  Lord, 
thou  deliveredst  unto  me  two  talents :  lo,  I  have  gained  other 
two  talents.  His  lord  said  unto  him.  Well  done,  good  and 
faithful  servant ;  thou  hast  been  faithful  over  a  few  things,  I  will 
set  thee  over  many  things :  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  lord. 
And  he  also  that  had  received  the  one  talent  came  and  said. 
Lord,  I  knew  thee  that  thou  art  a  hard  man,  reaping  where  thou 
didst  not  sow,  and  gathering  where  thou  didst  not  scatter :  and 
I  was  afraid,  and  went  away  and  hid  thy  talent  in  the  earth :  lo, 
Ihou  hast  thine  own.  But  his  lord  answered  and  said  unto  him. 
Thou  wicked  and  slothful  servant,  thou  knewest  that  I  reap 
where  I  sowed  not,  and  gather  where  I  did  not  scatter;  thou 
o'lghtest  therefore  to  have  put  my  money  to  the  bankers,  and  at 
my  -coming  I  should  have  received  back  mine  own  with  interest. 


70 
HIS  WORDS. 

Take  ye  away  therefore  the  talent  from  him,  and  give  it  unto 
him  that  hath  the  ten  talents.  For  unto  every  one  that  hath  shall 
be  given,  and  he  shall  have  abundance :  but  from  him  that  ha  h 
not,  even  that  which  he  hath  shall  be  taken  away.  And  cast  ye 
out  the  unprofitable  servant  into  the  outer  darkness  ;  there  shall 
be  the  weeping  and  gnashing,  of  teeth. 

But  when  the  Son  of  man  shall  come  in  his  glory,  and  all  the 
angels  with  him,  then  shall  he  sit  on  the  throne  of  his  glory  ; 
and  before  him  shall  be  gathered  all  the  nations  ;  and  he  shall 
separate  them  one  from  another,  as  the  shepherd  separateth  the 
sheep  from  the  goats :  and  he  shall  set  the  sheep  on  his  right 
hand,  but  the  goats  on  the  left.  Then  shall  the  King  say  unto 
them  on  his  right  hand.  Come,  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit 
the  kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world  : 
for  I  was  an  hungered,  and  ye  gave  me  meat :  I  was  thirsty,  and 
ye  gave  me  drink  :  I  was  a  stranger,  and  ye  took  me  in  ;  nakedy 
and  ye  clothed  me :  I  was  sick,  and  ye  visited  me  :  I  was  in 
prison,  and  ye  came  unto  me.  Then  shall  the  righteous  answer 
him,  saying.  Lord,  when  saw  we  thee  an  hungered,  and  fed 
thee  ?  or  athirst,  and  gave  thee  drink  ?  And  when  saw  we  thee 
a  stranger,  and  took  thee  in  ?  or  naked,  and  clothed  thee?  And 
when  saw  we  thee  sick,  or  in  prison,  and  came  unto  thee  ?  And 
the  King  shall  answer  and  say  unto  them.  Verily  I  say  unto  you; 
Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  unto  one  of  these  my  brethren,  ^t;^;?  these 
least,  ye  did  it  unto  me.  Then  shall  he  say  also  unto  them  on 
the  left  hand,  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed,  into  the  eternal  fire 
which  is  prepared  for  the  devil  and  his  angels  ;  for  I  was  an 
hungered,  and  ye  gave  me  no  meat :  I  was  thirsty,  and  ye  gave 
me  no  drink  :  I  was  a  stranger,  and  ye  took  me  not  in  ;  naked, 
and  ye  clothed  me  not ;  sick,  and  in  prison,  and  ye  visited  me  not. 
Then  shall  they  also  answer,  saying,  Lord,  when  saw  we  thee  an 
hungered,  or  athirst, or  a  stranger,  or  naked,  or  sick,  or  in  prison, 
and  did  not  minister  unto  thee  ?  Then  shall  he  answer  them, 
saying.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not  unto  one 
of  these  least,  ye  did  it  not  unto  me.  And  these  shall  go 
away  into  eternal  punishment :  but  the  righteous  into  eternal 
life. 

HIS   ACTS.  1      ...     Ye  know   that  after 

two  days  the   passover  cometh, 

'^'  ^'  £rk  JfvA-lL '  ^"'^  ^^'^  ''^°"  °^  "^''^^  ^^  delivered 

34.  Luke  xxii.  1-g'.  '  up  to  be  crucified. 


HIS  ACTS. 


71 

HIS  WORDS. 


John  xiU  2-0. 
Bethany. 
The  iAst  Supper. 


,  .  .  Let  her  alone,  Why 
trouble  ye  the  woman  ?  for  she 
haih  wrought  a  good,  work  upon  me.  For  ye  have  the  poor  always 
wiiji  you,  and  -whensoever  ye  will  ye  can  do  them  good,  but  me 
ye  have  not  always.  She  hath  done  M'hat  she  could;  for  in 
I  hat  she  poured  this  ointment  upon  my  body,  she  did  it  to  pre- 
pare me  for  burial.  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  Wheresoever  this 
t^spel  shall  be  preached  in  the  whole  world,  that  also  which 
this  woman  hath  done  shall  be  spoken  of  for  a  memorial  of  her. 
.  ,  .  Go  into  the  city,  and  there  shall  meet  you  a  man 
b^jarin,:^  a  pitcher  of  water:  follow  him;  and  whersoever  he 
^.h.iU  enter  in,  say  to  the  goodman  of  the  house,  The  Master 
saiih,  Where  is  my  guest-chamber,  where  I  shall  eat  the  pass- 
over  with  my  disciples  ?  And  he  will  himself  shew  you  a  large 
upper  room  furnished  and  i-eady :  and  there  make  ready  for  us. 
,  ,  ,  With  desire,  I  have  desired  to  eat  the  passover  with 
you  before  I  suffer:  for  I  say  unto  you,  I  will  not  eat  it,  until 
it  be  fulfilled  in  the  kingdom  of  God.     (the  bread) 

.  .  .  Take  ye,  eat;  this  is  my  body  which  is  given  for 
you ;  this  do  in  remembrance  of  me.     (the  wine) 

Take  this  and  divide  it  among  yourselves :  Drink  ye  all  of 
it:  for  this  is  the  new  covenant  in  my  blood  which  is  shed  for 
many  unto  remission  of  sins.     Verily  [  say  unlo  you,  I  will  not ' 
"drink  henceforth  of  this  fruit  of  the  vine,  until  that  day  when 
I  drink  it  new  with  you  in  mv  Father's  kini;dom, 

(lie  washes  Disciples'  feet.)  What  I  d  >  thou  knowest  not 
now:  but  thou  shalt  understand  hereafter.  ,  .  If  I  wash 
Ihee  not  thou  hast  no  part  with  me,  ,  .  He  that  is  bathed 
jieedeth  not  save  to  wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  every  whit:  and 
ye  are  clean,  but  not  all. 

.  ,  ,  Know  ye  what  I  have  done  to  you?  Ye  call  me," 
Master,  and.  Lord:  and  ye  say  well,  for  so  I  am.  If  I  then, 
the  Lord  and  the  Master,  have  washed  your  feet,  ye  also  ought 
to  wa.->h  one  another's  feet.  For  I  have  given  you  an  example, 
that  ye  also  should  do  as  I  have  done  to  you.  Verily,  verily,  I 
say  unto  you,  A  servant  is  not  greater  than  his  lord ;  neither  one 
■that  is  sent  greater  than  he  that  sent  him.  If  ye  know  these 
things,  blessed  are  ye  if  ye  do  them.  I  speak  not  of  you  all : 
I  know  whom  I  have  chosen  :  but  that  the  scripture  may  be  ful- 
filled. He  that  eateth  my  bread  lifted  up  his  heel  against  me. 
From  henceforth  I  tell  you  before  it  come  to  pass,  that,  when 


72 
HIS  WORDS. 

it  is  come  to  pass,  ye  may  believe  that  I  am  he.  Verily,  verily, 
I  say  unto  you,  He  that  receiveth  whomsoever  I  send  receiveth 
me ;  and  he  that  receiveth  me  receiveth  him  that  sent  me. 

Verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  one  of  you  shall  betray  me.  Even 
he  that  eateth  with  me.  (To  John.)  He  it  is  for  whom  I  shall 
dip  the  sop  and  give  it  him.  The  Son  of  man  goeth,  even  as  it 
is  written  of  him :  but  woe  unto  that  man  through  whom  the 
Son  of  man  is  betrayed !  good  were  it  for  that  man  if  he  had 
not  been  born.  (Judas — Is  it  I,  Rabbi  ?)  Thou  hast  said  t  that 
thou  doest  do  quickly,  (Judas  retires). 

Now  is  the  Son  of  man  glorified,  and  God  is  glorified  in  him ', 
and  God  shall  glorify  him  in  himself,  and  straightway  shall 
he  glorify  him.  Little  children,  yet  a  little  while  I  am  with 
you.  Ye  shall  seek  me:  and  as  I  said  unto  the  Jews,  Whither 
I  go,  ye  cannot  come;  so  now  I  say  unto  you.  A  new  com- 
mandment I  give  unto  you,  that  ye  love  one  another ;  even  as 
I  have  loved  you,  that  ye  also  love  one  another.  By  this  shall 
all  men  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  to 
another. 

Whither  I  go,  thou  canst  not  follow  me  now ;  but  thou  shalt 
follow  afterwards. 

Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled  :  ye  believe  in  God,  believe 
also  in  me.  In  my  Father's  house  are  many  mansions;  if  it 
were  not  so,  I  would  have  told  you ;  for  I  go  to  prepare  a  place 
for  you.  And  it'  I  go  and  prepare  a  place  for  you,  I  come 
again,  and  will  receive  you  unto  myself;  that  where  I  am,  there 
ye  may  be  also.  And  whither  I  go,  ye  know  the  way,  ,  . 
I  am  the  way,  and  the  truth,  and  the  life:  no  one  Cometh  unto 
the  Father,  but  by  me.  If  ye  had  known  me,  ye  would  have 
known  my  Father  also :  from  henceforth  ye  know  him,  and 
have  seen  him.  .  .  .  Have  I  been  so  long  time  with  you, 
and  dost  thou  not  know  me,  Philip?  he  that  hath  seen  me  hath 
seen  the  Father;  how  saye.st  thou,  Shew  us  the  Father?  Be- 
lievest  thou  not  that  I  am  in  the  Father,  and  the  Father  in  me  ? 
The  words  that  I  say  unto  I  speak  not  from  myself;  but  the 
Father  abiding  in  me  doeth  his  works.  Believe  me  that  I  am 
in  the  Father,  and  the  Father  in  me  :  or  else  believe  me  for  the 
very  work's  sake,  Venly,  verily,  I  say  unto  you.  He  that  be- 
lieveth  on  me,  the  works  that  I  do  shall  he  do  also;  and  greater 
works  than  these  shall  he  do;  because  I  go  unto  the  Father, 
And  whatsoever  ye   shall  ask  in  my  name,  that  will  I  do,  that 


73 
HIS  WORDS. 

the  Father  may  be  glorified  in  the  Son.  If  ye  shall  ask  me  any 
thing  in  my  name,  that  will  I  do.  If  ye  love  me,  ye  will  keep 
my  commandments.  And  I  will  pray  the  Father,  and  he  shall 
give  you  another  Comforter,  that  he  may  he  with  you  f^r  ever, 
gvi'tt  the  Spirit  of  trath  :  whom  the  World  Cannot  receive;  for 
it  beholdeih  him  not,  neither  knoweth  him;  ye  1  now  him;  for 
he  abideth  with  yua,  and  shall  be  in  you»  I  will  not  leave 
you  desolate;  I  come  unto  you.  Yet  a  little  while,  nnd  the 
world  beholdeth  me  no  more;  hut  ye  JDehold  me:  because  x 
live,  ye  shall  live  also.  In  that  day  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  in 
my  Father,  and  ye  in  me,  and  I  in  you.  He  that  haih  my  com- 
mandments, and  keepeth  them,  he  it  is  that  loveth  me:  and  he 
that  loveth  me  shall  be  loved  of  my  Father,  and  I  will  love 
him,  and  will  manifest  myself  unto  him.  ...  If  a  mart 
love  me,  he  will  keep  my  word :  and  my  Father  will  love  him, 
and  we  will  come  unto  him,  and  make  our  abode  with  him.  He 
that  loveth  me  not  keepeth  not  my  words :  and  the  word  which 
ye  hear  is  not  mine,  but  the  Father's  who  sent  me. 

These  things  have  I  spoken  unto  you,  VfhWeyei  abiding  with 
you.  But  the  Comforter,  even  the  H  >ly  Spirit,  whom  the 
Father  will  send  in  my  name,  he  shdl  teach  you  all  things,  and 
bring  to  your  remembrance  all  that  I  said  unto  you.  Peace  I 
leave  with  you;  my  peace  I  give  unto  you:  not  as  the  world 
giveth,  give  I  unto  you.  Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled,  neither 
let  it  be  fearful.  Ye  heard  how  I  said  to  you,  I  go  away,  and 
I  come  unto  you.  If  ye  loved  me,  ye  would  have  rejoiced,  be- 
cause I  go  unto  the  Father :  for  the  Father  is  greater  than  I. 
And  now  I  have  told  you  before  it  come  to  pass,  ye  may  believe, 
I  will  no  more  speak  much  with  you,  for  the  prince  of  the 
world  Cometh  :  and  he  hath  nothing  in  me;  but  that  the  world 
may  know  that  I  love  the  Father,  and  as  the  Father  gave  me 
commandment,  even  so  I  do      Arise,  let  us  go  hence, 

I  am  the  true  vine,  and  my  Father  is  the  husbandman.  Every 
branch  in  me  that  beareth  not  fruit,  he  taketh  it  away :  and 
every  branch  that  beareth  fruit,  he  cleanseth  it,  that  it  may  bear 
more  fruit.  Already  ye  are  clean  because  of  the  word  which  I 
have  spoken  unto  you.  Abide  in  me,  and  I  in  you.  As  the 
branch  cann  )t  bear  fruit  of  itself,  except  it  abide  in  the  vine; 
so  neither  c^n  ye,  except  ye  abide  in  me,  I  am  the  vine,  ye  are 
the  branches:  He  that  abideth  in  me,  and  I  in  him,  the  same 
beareth  much  fruit :  for  apart  from  me  ye  can  do  nothing.     If  a 


HjS  WORDS. 

mnn  abide  not  in  me,  he  is  cast  forlh  as  a  branch,  and  is 
withered;  and  chey  gather  them,  and  cast  them  into  the  fire, 
and  tliey  are  burned.  If  ye  abide  in  me,  and  my  words  abide 
in  you,  ask  whatsoever  ye  will,  and  it  shall  be  done  unto  you. 
Herein  is  my  Father  glorified,  that  ye  bear  much  fruit;  and  sa 
shall  ye  be  my  disciples.  Even  as  the  Father  hath  loved  me,  I 
also  have  loved  you  t  abide  ye  in  my  love.  If  ye  keep  my 
commandments,  ye  shall  abide  in  my  love ;  even  as  I  have  kept 
my  Father's  commandrnents,  and  abide  in  his  love.  These 
things  have  I  spoken  unto  you,  that  my  joy  may  be  in  you,  and 
i/ia(  your  joy  may  be  fulfilled.  This  Is  my  commandment,  that 
ye  love  one  another,  even  as  I  have  loved  you.  Greater  love 
hath  no  man  than  this,  that  a  man  lay  down  his  life  for  hs 
friends.  Ye  are  my  friends,  if  ye  do  the  things  which  I  com- 
mand you.  No  longer  do  I  call  ;yon  servants;  for  the  servant 
knoweth  not  what  his  lord  doeth  :  but  I  have  called  you  friends; 
for  all  things  that  I  heard  from  my  Father  I  have  made  known 
unto  you.  Ye  did  not  choose  me,  but  I  chose  you,  and  ap- 
pointed yoU,  that  ye  should  go  and  bear  fruit,  and  t/iaf  your 
fruit  should  al)ide:  th  it  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  of  the  Father 
in  my  name,  he  may  give  it  you.  Thes  •  things  I  command  you, 
that  ye  may  love  one  another.  If  the  world  hatelh  you,  ye 
know  that  it  hath  hated  me  before  ?V  ka/ed  you.  If  ye  were  of 
the  world,  the  world  would  love  its  own  :  but  because  ye  are  not 
of  the  world,  but  I  chose  you  out  of  the  world,  therefore  the 
world  hateth  you.  Remember  the  word  that  I  said  unto  you, 
A  servant  is  n  )t  greater  than  his  lord.  If  they  persecuted  me, 
they  will  also  persecute  you;  if  they  kept  my  word,  they  will 
keep  yours  also.  But  all  these  things  will  they  do  unto  you  for 
my  name's  sake,  because  they  know  not  him  that  sent  me.  If  I 
had  not  c  jme  and  spoken  unto  them,  they  had  not  had  sin  :  but 
now  they  have  no  excuse  for  their  sin.  He  that  hateth  me 
hateth  my  Father  also.  If  I  had  not  done  among  them  the 
works  which  none  other  did,  they  had  not  had  sin  :  but  now 
have  they  both  seen  and  hated  both  me  and  my  Father.  But 
i/i2s  Cometh  to  pass,  that  the  word  may  ])e  fulfilled  that  is  written 
in  their  law.  They  hated  me  without  a  cause.  But  when  the 
Comforter  is  come,  whom  I  will  send  unto  you  from  the  Father, 
even  the  Spirit  of  truth,  which  proceedeth  from  the  Father,  he 
shall  bear  witness,  because  ye  have  been  with  me  from  the  be- 
ginning. 


75 
HIS  WORDS. 

These  thing  have  I  spoken  unto  you,  that  ye  should  not  be 
made  to  stumble.  They  shall  put  you  out  of  the  synagogues: 
yea,  the  hour  cometh,  that  whosoever  killeth  you  shall  think  that 
he  offereth  servit-e  unto  God.  And  these  things  will  they  do, 
because  they  have  not  known  the  Father,  nor  me.  But  these 
things  have  I  spoken  unto  you,  thit  when  their  hour  is  come,  ye 
may  remember  them,  Ii-av  th  at  I  told  you.  And  these  things  I 
said  not  unto  you  from  the  beginning,  because  I  was  with  you. 
But  now  I  go  unto  him  that  sent  me ;  and  none  of  you  askeih 
me,  Whither  goest  thou  ?  But  because  I  have  spoken  these 
things  unto  you,  sorrow  hath  filled  your  heart.  Nevertheless  I 
tell  you  the  truth ;  It  is  expedient  for  you  that  I  go  away  :  for  if 
I  go  not  away,  the  Comforter  will  not  come  unto  you ;  but  if  I 
go,  I  will  send  him  unto  you.  And  he,  when  he  is  come,  wid 
convict  the  world  in  respect  of  sin,  and  of  righteousness,  and 
of  judgment:  of  sin,  because  they  believe  not  on  me;  of  right- 
eousness, because  I  go  to  the  Father,  and  ye  behold  me  no 
more  ;  of  judgment,  because  the  prince  of  this  world  hath  been 
judged.  I  have  yet  many  thin-:[s  to  say  unto  you,  but  ye  cannot 
bear  them  now.  Howbeit  when  lie,  the  Spirit  of  truth,  is  come, 
he  shall  guide  you  into  all  the  triiih  :  for  he  shall  not  speak  from 
himself;  but  what  things  soever  he  shall  \vq-scc,  these  shdl  he 
speak :  and  he  shall  declare  unto  you  the  things  that  are  to  come. 
He  shall  glorify  me:  for  he  shall  take  of  mine,  and  shall  de- 
clare ?V  unto  you.  All  things  whatsoever  the  Father  hath  are 
mine:  therefore  said  I,  that  he  taketh  of  mine,  and  shall  de- 
clare it  unto  you.  A  little  while,  and  ye  behold  me  no  more; 
and  again  a  little  while,  and  ye  shall  see  me,  .  .  .  Do  ye 
inquire  among  yourselves  concerning  this,  that  I  said,  A  little 
whiK%  and  ye  behold  me  not;  and  again  a  little  while,  and  ye 
shall  see  me?  Verily,  verily,  I  sav  unto  you,  that  ye  shall  weep 
and  lament,  but  the  world  shall  rejoice:  ye  shall  be  sorrowful, 
but  your  sorrow  shall  be  turned  into  joy.  A  woman  when  she 
is  in  travail  hath  sorrow,  because  her  hour  is  come:  but  when 
she  is  delivered  of  the  child,  she  remembereth  no  more  the  an- 
guish, for  the  joy  that  a  man  is  born  into  the  world,  Ani  ye 
therefore  now  hxve  sorrow :  but  I  will  see  you  again,  and  your 
heart  shall  rejoice,  and  your  joy  no  one  taketh  away  from 
you.  And  in  thit  day  ye  shall  ask  me  nothing.  Verily, 
verily,  I  say  unto  you,  If  ye  shall  ask  anything  of  the  Father, 
he    will  give   it  yuu   in   my  name.    •Ililherto   have  )e   asked 


76 
HIS  WORDS. 

nothing  in  my  name  :ask  and  ye  shall  receive,  that  your  joy 
may  be  fulfilled. 

These  things  have  I  spoken  unto  you  in  proverbs :  the  hour 
Cometh,  when  I  shall  no  more  speak  unto  you  in  proverbs,  but 
shall  tell  you  plainly  of  the  Father  In  that  day  ye  shall  ask  in 
my  name :  and  I  say  not  unto  you,  that  I  will  pray  the  Father 
for  you;  for  the  Father  himself  loveth  you,  because  ye  have 
loved  me,  and  have  believed  that  I  came  forth  from  the  Father. 
I  came  out  from  thj  Father,  and  am  com.e  into  the  world:  again, 
I  leave  the  worl  I,  and  go  unto  the  Father.  .  .  .  Do  ye 
now  believe  ?  Behold,  the  hour  cometh,  yea,  is  come,  that  ye 
shall  be  scattered,  every  man  to  his  own,  and  shall  leave  me 
alone:  and _^v/ I  am  not  alone,  because  the  Father  is  with  me. 
These  things  have  I  spoken  unto  you,  that  in  me  ye  may  have 
peace.  In  the  world  ye  have  tribulation:  but  be  of  good 
cheer;   I  have  overcome  the  world. 

.  .  .  Father,  the  hour  is  come ;  glorify  thy  Son,  that  the 
Son  may  glorify  thee :  even  as  thou  gavest  him  authority  over 
all  fle^,h,  that  whatsoever  thou  hast  given  him,  to  them  he  should 
give  eternal  life.  And  this  is  life  eternal,  that  they  should  know 
thee  the  only  true  God,  and  him  whom  thou  didst  send,  even 
Jesus  Christ.  I  glorified  thee  on  the  earth,  having  accomplished 
the  work  which  thou  hast  given  me  to  do.  And  now,  O  Father, 
glorify  thou  me  with  thine  own  self  with  the  glory  which  I  had 
with  thee  before  the  world  was.  I  manifested  thy  name  unto 
the  men  whom  thou  gavest  me  out  of  the  world :  thine  they 
were,  and  thou  gavest  them  to  me  ;  and  they  have  kept  thy 
word.  Now  they  know  that  all  things  whatsoever  thou  hast 
given  me  are  from  thee  :  for  the  words  which  thou  gavest  me  I 
have  given  unto  them;  and  they  received  them,  and  knew  of  a 
truth  that  I  came  forth  from  thee,  and  they  believed  that  thou 
didst  send  me.  I  pray  for  them  :  I  pray  not  for  the  world,  but 
for  those  whom  thou  hast  given  me ;  for  they  are  thine  :  and  all 
things  that  are  mine  are  thine,  and  thine  are  mine  :  and  I  am 
no  more  in  the  world,  and  these  are  in  the  \torkl,  and  I  come 
to  thee.  Holy  Father,  keep  them  in  thy  name  which  thou  ha-t 
given  me,  that  they  may  be  one,  even  as  we  are.  "While  I  was 
with  them,  I  kept  them  in  thy  name  which  thou  hast  given  me : 
and  I  guarded  them,  and  not  one  of  them  perished,  but  the  son 
of  perdition;  that  the  scripture  might  be  fulfilled.  Lut  now  I 
come  to  th  e;  and  these  things  I  speak  in  the  world,  that  they 


77 
HIS  WORDS. 

may  have  my  joy  fulfilled  in  themselves.  I  have  given  them 
thy  word;  and  the  world  hated  them,  because  they  are  not  of 
the  world,  even  as  I  am  not  of  the  world.  I  pray  not  that 
thou  shouldest  take  Ihem  from  the  world,  but  that  thou 
sliouldest  keep  them  from  the  evil  one.  They  are  not  of 
the  world,  even  as  I  am  not  of  the  world.  Sanctify  them  in 
the  truth  :  thy  word  is  truth.  As  thou  didst  send  me  into 
the  world,  even  so  sent  I  them  into  the  world.  And  for 
their  sakes  I  sanctify  myself,  that  they  themselves  also  may 
he  sanctified  in  truth.  Neither  for  these  only  do  I  pray,  but  for 
them  also  that  believe  on  me  through  their  word  ;  that  they  may 
all  be  one ;  even  as  thou,  Father,  art  in  me,  and  I  in  thee,  that 
they  also  may  be  in  us  :  that  the  world  may  believe  that  thou 
didst  send  me.  And  the  glory  which  thou  hast  given  me  I  have 
given  unto  them  ;  that  they  may  be  one,  even  as  we  are  one ;  I 
in  them,  and  thou  in  me,  that  they  may  be  perfected  into  one; 
that  the  world  may  know  that  thou  didst  send  me,  and  lovedst 
ihem,  even  as  thou  lovedst  me.  Father,  that  which  thou  hast 
given  me,  I  will  that,  where  I  am,  thej'^  also  may  be  with  me; 
that  they  may  behold  my  glory,  which  thou  hast  given  me  :  for 
thou  lovedst  me  before  the  foundation  of  the  world.  O  right- 
eous Father,  the  world  knew  thee  not,  but  I  knew  thee; 
and  these  knew  that  thou  didst  send  me;  and  I  made 
known  unto  them  thy  name,  and  will  make  it  known; 
that  the  love  wherewith  thou  lovedst  me  may  be  in  them, 
and  I  in  them. 

.  .  .  The  kings  of  the  Gentiles  have  lordship  over  them; 
and  they  that  have  authority  over  them  are  called  Benefactors. 
But  ye  shall  not  be  so :  but  he  that  is  the  greater  among  you, 
let  him  become  as  the  younger;  and  he  that  is  chief,  as  he  that 
doth  serve.  Por  whether  is  greater,  he  that  sitteth  at  meat,  or 
he  that  serveth?  is  not  he  that  sitteth  at  meat?  but  I  am  in  the 
midst  of  you  as  he  that  serveth.  But  ye  are  they  which  have 
continued  with  me  in  my  temptations;  and  I  appoint  unto  you 
a  kingdom,  even  as  my  Father  appointed  unto  me,  that  ye  may 
eat  and  drink  at  my  table  in  my  kinp^^dom;  and  ye  shall  sit  on 
thrones  judging  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel.  Siinon,  Simon,  be- 
hold, Satan  asked  to  have  you,  that  he  might  sift  you  as  wheat: 
but  I  made  supplication  for  thee,  that  thy  faith  fail  not:  and  do 
thou,  when  once  thou  hast  turned  again,  stablish  thy  brethren. 
Wilt  thou  lay  down  thy  life  for  me  ?     Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 


78 
HIS  WORDS.. 

thee  Peter,  that  to-day,  even  this  night,  before  the  cock  crow 
twice,  thou  shalt  thrice  deny  that  thou  knowest  me. 

All  ye  shall  be  offended  in  me  this  night :  for  it  is  written,  I 
will  smite  the  shepherd,  and  the  sheep  of  the  flock  shall  be  scat- 
tered abroad.  But  after  I  am  raised  up,  I  will  go  before  you  into 
Galilee.  .  .  .  When  I  sent  you  forth  without  purse,  and  wallet, 
and  shoes,  lacked  ye  anything  ?  But  now,  he  that  hath  a  purse,  let 
him  take  it,  and  likewise  a  wallet :  and  he  that  hath  none,  let 
him  sell  his  cloke,  and  buy  a  sword.  For  I  say  unto  you,  that 
this  which  is  written  must  be  fulfilled  in  me,  And  he  was  reck- 
oned with  transgressors :  for  that  which  concerneth  me  hath 
fulfillment.     (Gethsemane). 

.  .  (The  two  swords).  It  is  enough.  Sit  ye  here,  while  I 
go  yonder  and  pray.  .  .  .  My  soul  is  exceeding  sorrowful, 
even  unto  death  :  abide  ye  here,  and  watch  with  me.  (Falls  on 
his  face  and  prays).  O  my  Father,  if  it  be  possible  let  this  cup 
pass  away  from  me :  all  things  are  possible  unto  thee.  Never- 
theless not  as  I  will,  but  as  thou  wilt.  .  .  .  Simon,  sleepest 
thou?  could  ye  not  watch  with  me  one  hour?  watch  and  pray, 
that  ye  enter  not  into  temptation  :  the  spirit  indeed  is  willing, 
but  the  flesh  is  weak. 

(Again  prays).  O  my  Father,  if  this  cannot  pass  away,  except 
I  drink  it,  thy  will  be  done.  (Again,  in  agony  with  bloody 
sweat).  Father,  if  thou  be  willing,  remove  this  cup  from  me  : 
nevertheless  not  my  will,  but  thine  be  done.  .  .  .  Sleep  on 
now,  and  take  your  rest :  behold,  the  hour  is  at  hand,  and  the 
Son  of  man  is  betrayed  into  the  hands  of  sinners.  Arise,  let  us 
be  going:  behold  he  is  at  hand  that  betrayeth  me. 

(To  the  crowd).  Whom  seek  ye?  (They  say  Jesus).  I  am  he, 
(Again).  Whom  seek  ye?  I  am  he.  .  .  ,  I  told  you  that  I 
am  he :  if  therefore  ye  seek  me,  let  these  go  their  way.  .  .  - 
Judas,  betrayest  thou  the  Son  of  man  with  a  kiss?  .  .  . 
Friend,  do  that  for  which  thou  art  come.  (Heals  Malchas'  ear). 
Suffer  ye  thus  far.  (To  Peter).  Put  up  again  thy  sword  into  its 
place:  for  all  they  that  take  the  sword  shall  perish  with  the 
sword.  Or  thinkest  thou  that  I  cannot  beseech  my  Father,  and 
he  shall  even  now  send  me  more  than  twelve  legions  of  angels  ? 
How  then  should  the  scriptures  be  fulfilled,  that  thus  it  must  be? 
the  cup  which  the  Father  hath  given  me,  shall  I  not  drink  il? 
Are  ye  come  out  as  against  a  robber  with  swords  and  staves  to 
seize  me  ?  I  sat  daily  in  the  temple  teaching,  and  ye  tcx)k  me 


HIS  WORDS. 

not.  But  all  this  is  come  to  pass,  that  the  scriptures  of  the 
prophets  might  be  fulfilled.  This  is  your  hour  and  the  power 
of  darkness. 

(The  High  E^iest  and  others).  I  have  spoken  openly  to  the 
M'orl'l ;  I  ever  taught  in  synagogues,  and  in  the  temple,  where 
all  the  Jews  come  together;  and  in  secret  spake  I  nothing. 
Why  askest  thou  me?  ask  them  that  have  heard  wf ,  what  I 
spike  unto  them  :  behold,  these  know  the  things  which  I  said. 
(Art  thou  the  Christ,  the  Son  of  God?)  If  I  tell  you  ye  will 
mot  believe:  and  if  I  ask  you  ye  will  not  answer,  nevertheless 
I  say  uito  you,  /am^  Henceforth  ye  shall  see  the  Son  of  man 
sitting  at  the  right  hand  of  the  Power  of  God  and  coming  with 
the  cloud  of  heaven.  If  I  have  spoken  evil,  bear  witness  of 
the  evil ;  but  if  well,  why  smitest  thou  me  ? 

(Pilate — Art  thou  king  of  the  Jews?)  Sayest  thou  this  of 
thyself  or  did  others  tell  it  thee  concerning  me?  .  .  .  My 
kingdom  is  not  of  this  world;  if  my  kingdom  were  of  this 
world  then  would  my  servants  fight,  that  I  should  not  be  de- 
livered to  the  Jews,  but  now  is  my  kingdom  not  from  hence. 
»  .  .  Thou  sayest  that  I  am  a  king.  To  this  end  have  I 
been  born^  and  to  this  end  am  I  come  into  the  world,  that  I 
should  bear  witness  unto  the  truth.  Every  one  that  is  of  the 
truth  heareth  my  voice,  ,  ,  .  Thou  wouldst  have  no  power 
against  me,  exctpt  it  were  given  thee  from  above;  therefore  he 
that  delivered  me  unto  thee  hath  greater  sin. 

.  ,  ,  (On  his  way  to  Calvary),  Daughters  of  Jerusalem, 
weep  not  for  me,  but  weep  for  yourselves,  and  for  your  children. 
For  behold,  the  days  are  coming,  in  which  they  shall  say, 
Blessed  are  the  barren,  and  the  wombs  that  never  bare,  and  the 
breasts  that  never  gave  suck.  Then  shall  they  begin  to  say  to 
the  mountain.^.  Fall  on  us;  and  to  the  hills,  Cover  us.  For  if 
Ihey  do  these  things  in  the  green  tree,  what  shall  be  done  in 
the  dry? 

(On  the  cross.)  Father,  forgive  them:  for  they  know  not 
what  they  do, 

(To  the  thief.)  Verily  I  say  unto  thee.  To-day  shalt  thou  be 
with  me  in  Paradise, 

(To  Mary.)     Woman,  behold  thy  Son, 

(To  John.)     Behold  thy  mother  ! 

.  ,  .  Eloi,  Eloi,  lama  Sabachthani?  (ray  God,  my  God, 
why  hast  thou  forsaken  me  ?) 


80 
HIS  WORDS. 

I  thirst — it  is  finished — Father,  unto  thee  I  commend  my 
spirit 

Woman,  why  weepest  thou?  whom  seekest  thou?  Mary, 
All  hail !  Touch  me  not :  for  I  am  not  yet  ascended  unto  the 
Father  :  fear  not,  but  go  unto  my  brethren,  and  say  to  them,  that 
they  depart  into  Galilee  and  then  shall  they  see  me.  1  ascend 
unto  my  Father  and  your  Father,  and  my  God  and  your 
God. 

(Emmaus.)  .  .  .  What  communications  are  these  that 
ye  have  one  with  another  as  ye  walk  ?  .  ,  .  What  things  ? 
O  foolish  man,  and  slow  of  heart  to  believe  on  all  that  the 
prophets  have  spoken  ;  Behooved  it  not  the  Christ  to  suffer  these 
things,  and  to  enter  into  his  glory? 

(Jerusalem.)  Peace  be  unto  you.  (Again).  Peace  be  unto  you  ? 
why  are  ye  t7-oubled,  and  wherefore  do  reasonings  arise  in  your 
heart?  See  my  hands  and  my  feet,  that  it  is  I  myself.  Handle 
me,  and  see ;  for  a  spirit  hath  not  flesh  and  bones  as  ye  behold 
me  having.  Have  ye  here  anything  to  eat  ?  (He  eat=.)  As  the 
Father  hath  sent  me,  even  so  send  I  you.  Receive  ye  the  Holy 
Ghost :  whosoever  sins  ye  retain,  they  are  retained. 

(Again.)  Peace  be  unto  you.  Thomas,  reach  hither  thy 
finger  and  see  my  hand,  and  reach  hither  thy  hand  and  put  it 
into  my  side :  and  be  not  faithless,  but  believing.  ,  ,  be- 
cause thou  hast  seen  me.  Thou  hast  believed :  blessed  are; 
they  that  have  not  seen  and  jj'^^  have  believed. 

.  .  Qiildren,  have  ye  aught  to  eat?  They  answered 
him,  no.  And  he  said  unto  them.  Cast  the  net  on  the  right  side 
of  the  boat,  and  ye  shall  iind.  Bring  of  the  fish  which  ye  have 
now  taken.     .     ,     .     Come  and  break  your  fast. 

.  .  .  Simon, /f'«  of  John,  lovest  thou  me  more  than  these? 
He  saith  unto  him,  Yea,  Lord;  thou  knowest  that  I  love  thee, 
,  ,  Feed  my  laml:)s.  .  .  .  Simon,  son  of  John,  lovest 
thou  me  ?  .  ,  .  Tend  my  sheep.  .  .  .  Simon,  ion  of 
John,  lovest  thou  me?  .  .  .  Lord  thou  knowest, that  I  love; 
thee.  .  .  Feed  my  sheep.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  •anto  thee. 
When  thou  wast  young,  thou  girdedst  thyself,  and  walked^t 
whither  thou  wouldcst ;  but  when  thou  shalt  he  old,  thou  shalK 
stretch  forth  thy  hands,  and  another  shall  gird  thee,  and  carry 
thee  whither  thou  wouldest  not. 

.  .  .  Follow  me.  (Of  John).  If  I  will  that  he  tarry  tiii 
I  come,  what  is  that  to  thee  ?  follow  thou,  me. 


81 
HIS  WORDS. 

.  .  .  All  authority  hath  been  given  unto  me  in  heaven 
and  on  earth.  Go  ye  unto  all  the  world  therefore,  and  preach 
the  gospel  to  the  whole  creation,  and  make  disciples  of  all  the 
nations,  baptizing  them  into  the  name  of  the  Father  and  ot  the 
Son  and  of  the  Holy  Gho.^t !  teachiiig  them  to  observe  all 
things  whatsoc-ver  I  commanded  you  :  and  lo,  I  am  with  you 
alway,  even  unto  ihe  end  of  the  world. 

He  that  beiicveih  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved;  but  he  that 
disbelievcth  shall  be  condemned,  And  these  signs  shall  follow 
them  that  believe  :  in  my  name  shall  they  cast  out  devils,  they 
shall  speak  with  new  tongues  j  they  shall  take  up  serpents,  and 
if  they  drink  any  deadly  thing,  it  shall  in  no  wise  hurt  them; 
they  shall  lay  hands  on  the  sick,  and  they  shall  recover. 

These  are  my  wordg  which  1  spake  unto  you,  while  I  was 
yet  with  you,  how  that  all  things  must  needs  be  iulfiiled,  which 
are  written  in  the  lav/  of  Moses,  and  the  prophets,  and  the 
psalms,  concerning  me,  ,  .  .  Thus  it  is  written,  that  the 
Christ  should  suffer,  and  rise  again  from  the  dead  the  third  day; 
and  that  repentance  and  remission  of  sins  should  be  preached 
in  his  name  unto  all  the  nations,  beginning  from  Jerusalem.  Ve 
are  witnesses  o!"  these  things.  And  behold,  I  send  forth  thi 
promise  of  my  Father  ujDon  you  :  but  tarry  ye  in  the  city,  uniii 
ye  be  clothed  w\  h  power  from  on  high. 

Depart  n  >t  from  Jerusalem,  but  wait  for  the  promise  of  the 
Father,  which  ye  heard  from  me :  for  John  indeed  baptized 
with  water;  I  ut  ye  shall  be  baptized  with  the  Floly  (^host  not 
many  days  hence. 

.  .  .  It  is  not  for  you  to  know  times  or  seasons  which  the 
Father  h  tth  st  t  within  his  own  authority.  But  ye  shall  receive 
power  when  the  Holy  Ghost  is  come  upon  you  :  and  ye  shall  be 
toy  witnesses  both  in  Jerusalem  and  in  all  Judea  and  Samaria 
and  unto  the  uterm"st  parts  of  the  earth, 

Siul,  Siul,  why  persecutest  thou  me?  .  .  I  am 
Jesus  whom  thou  persecLitests  but  rise,  and  enter  into  the  city, 
and  it  sli  lH  be  to'd  thee  what  thou  must  do.  (To  Ananias.) 
Arise,  and  go  to  the  street  which  is  called  Straight,  and  inquire 
in  the  house  of  Jadas  for  one  named  Sxul,  a  man  of  Tarsus: 
for  behold,  he  prayeth  ;  and  he  hath  seen  a  man  named  Ananias 
c  lining  ill,  and  laying  his  hands  on  him,  that  he  might  receive 
his  sight.  Go  thy  wav :  for  he  is  a  chosen  vessel  unto  me,  to 
bear  my  name  before  the  Gentiles  and  kings,  and   the  children 


82 
HIS  WORDS. 

of  Israel :  for  I  will  shew  him  how  many  things  he  must  suffer 

for  my  name's  sake. 

{^Revelation) 

What  thou  seest  write  in  a  book,  and  send  it  to  the 
seven  churches;  unto  Ephesus,  and  unto  Saiyrna,  and  imlo 
I'ero;amum,  and  unto  Thyatira,  and  unto  Sardis,  and  unto 
Philadelphia,  and  unto  Laodicca. 

.  »  .  Fear  not  5  I  am  the  first  and  the  last,  and  the  Living 
one;  and  I  was  dead,  and  behold,  I  am  alive  for  evermore,  and 
I  have  the  keys  of  death  and  of  Hades.  Write  therefore  the 
things  which  thou  sawest,  and  the  things  which  are,  and  the 
things  which  shall  come  to  pass  hereafter;  the  mystery  of  the 
seven  stars  which  thou  sawest  in  my  right  hand,  and  the  seven 
golden  candlesticks.  The  seven  stars  are  the  angels  of  the 
seven  churches  :  and  the  seven  candlesticks  are  seven  churches. 
To  the  angel  of  the  church  in  Epht;sus  write  :— 
These  things  saith  he  that  holdeth  the  seven  sff.rs  in  his  right 
hand,  he  Ih  \t  walketh  in  the  midst  of  the  seven  golden  candle- 
sticks: I  know  thy  works,  and  thy  toil  and  patience,  and  that 
thou  canst  not  bear  evil  men,  and  didst  try  them  which  call 
themselves  apostles  and  they  are  not,  and  diclst  find  them  false  ; 
and  thou  hast  patience  and  didst  bear  fir  my  name's  sake,  and 
hast  not  grown  weary.  But  I  have  this  again'^t  thee,  that  thou 
didst  leave  thy  fir^t  love.  Rememl>r  therefore  from  whence 
thou  art  fallen,  and  repent,  and  do  the  first  works,  or  else  I 
come  to  thee,  and  will  move  thy  candlestick  out  of  its  place, 
except  tliou  rcrent.  But  this  th^ni  h.ist,  that  thou  hatest  the 
Works  of  the  Nicolaitan'^,  which  I  also  hate.  He  that  hath  an 
enr,  let  hm  hear  what  the  Spirit  saiih  to  the  churches.  To  him 
that  overcometh,  to  him  will  I  give  to  eat  of  the  tree  of  life, 
which  is  in  the  Paradise  of  God. 

And  to  the  angel  of  the  churcii  in  Smyrna  write  : — • 
These  things  saith  the  first  and  the  last,  which  was  dead,  and 
lived  againx  I  know  thy  tribulation,  and  thy  poverty  (but  thou 
art  rich),  and  the  blasphemy  of  them  which  say  they  ai-e  Jews, 
and  they  are  not,  but  are  a  synacjogue  of  Satan.  Fear  not  the 
things  which  thou  art  about  to  suffer:  behol  1,  the  devil  is  about 
to  cast  some  of  you  into  prison,  that  ye  may  be  tried ;  and  ye 
shall  have  tribulation  ten  days.  Be  thou  faithful  unto  death, 
and  I  will  give  ihce  the  crown  of  life.     He  that  hath  an  ear, 


83 
HIS  WORDS. 

lethlti  h  ■  r  v.'hr.t  the  Spirit  saith  to  the  churches.     He  that 
uvercomcth  .^h  ,1!  not  be  hut  of  ihe  second  death. 

And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  in  Pergamum  write : — 
These  things  saith  he  that  hath  the  sharp  two-edged  sword  :  I 
know  where  thou  dwellest,  ei'en  where  Satan's  throne  is  :  and 
thou  holdest  fast  my  name  and  diilbt  not  deny  my  faith,  even  n 
the  days  of  Antipas  my  witness,  my  faithful  one,  who  was  killed 
among  you,  where  Satan  dwelleth.  But  I  have  a  few  things 
against  thee,  because  thou  hast  there  some  that  hold  the  teach- 
ing of  Balaam,  who  taught  Balak  to  cast  a  stumhlingblock  be- 
fore the  children  of  Israel,  to  eat  things  sacrificed  to  idols,  and 
to  commit  fornication.  So  hast  thou  also  some  that  hold  thj 
teaching  of  the  Nicolaitans  in  like  manner.  Repent  therefore; 
or  else  I  come  to  thee  quickly,  and  I  will  make  war  again>t 
them  with  the  sword  of  my  mouth.  He  that  hath  an  ear,  let 
him  hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  to  the  churches.  To  him  that 
overcometh,  to  him  will  I  give  of  the  hidden  manna,  and  I  will 
give  him  a  white  stone,  and  upon  th'e  stone  a  new  name  written, 
which  no  one  knoweth  but  he  that  receiveth  it. 

And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  in  Thyatira  write : — 
These  things  saith  the  Son  of  Go  1,  who  hath  his  eyes  like  a 
flame  of  fire,  and  his  feet  are  like  unto  burnished  brass  :  I  know 
thy  works,  and  thy  love  and  faith  and  ministry  and  pitience,^ 
and  that  thy  last  works  are  more  thai  the  first.  But  I  have  tliis 
against  thee,  that  thou  sufferest  the  woman  Jezebel,  which  call- 
eth  herself  a  prophetess;  and  she  teacheth  and  seduceth  my 
servants  to  commit  fornication,  and  to  eat  things  saci-ified  to 
idols.  And  I  gave  her  time  that  she  should  repent,  and  she 
willeth  not  to  repent  of  her  fornication.  Behold,  I  do  cast  her 
into  a  bed,  and  them  that  commit  adultery  with  her  into  great 
tribulation,  except  they  repent  of  her  works.  And  I  will  kill 
her  children  with  death;  and  all  the  churches  shall  know  that 
1  am  he  which  searcheth  the  reins  and  hearts:  and  I  will  give 
unto  each  one  of  you  according  to  your  works.  But  to  you  I 
say,  to  the  rest  that  are  in  Thyatira,  as  many  as  have  not  tins 
tj-icliing,  which  know  not  the  deep  things  of  Satan,  as  they  say  ; 
I  cast  upon  you  none  other  burden.  Howbeit  that  which  yc 
liave,  hold  fast  till  I  come.  And  he  that  overcometh,  and  he 
that  keepeth  my  works  unto  the  end,  to  him  will  I  give  authori:  v 
over  the  nations  :  and  he  shall  rule  them  with  a  rod  of  iron,  as 
the  vessels  uf  the  potter  are  b.oken  to   shivers;  as  I  also   h.ive 


84 
HIS  WORDS. 

received  of  my  Fa^h^^r :  and  I  will  give  him  the  morning  star. 
He  that  hath  3.11  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  to  the 
churches. 

And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  in  Sardis  write : — 
These  things  saith  he  that  hath  the  seven  Spirits  of  God,  and 
the  seven  stars:  I  know  thy  works,  that  thou  hast  &  name  that 
thou  livest,  and  thou  art  dead.  Be  thou  watchful,  and  stablish 
the  things  that  remain,  which  were  ready  to  die:  for  I  have 
found  no  works  of  thine  fulfilled  before  my  God.  Remember 
therefore  how  thnu  hast  received  and  didst  hear;  and  keep  it, 
and  repent.  If  therefore  thou  shalt  not  watch,  I  will  come  as  a 
thief,  and  thou  shalt  not  know  wtiat  hour  I  will  come  upon  thee. 
But  thou  ha.^t  a  few  names  in  Sardis  which  did  not  defile  their 
garments:  and  they  shall  walk  with  me  in  white;  for  they  are 
worthy.  He  that  overcometh  shall  thus  be  arrayed  ii  white 
garments;  and  I  will  in  no  wise  blot  his  name  out  of  the  book 
of  life,  and  I  will  confess  his  name  before  my  Father,  and  be- 
fore his  angels.  He  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 

And  to  the  angel  of  the  church  in  Philadelphia  write : — 
These  things  saith  he  tliat  is  holy,  he  tVat  is  trae,  he  that 
hath  the  key  of  David,  he  that  o  ^eneth,  an  I  none  shall  shut, 
and  that  shutteth,  and  none  openeth  :  I  know  thy  works  (behold, 
I  have  set  before  thee  a  door  opened,  wl.ich  none  can  shut), 
that  thou  hast  a  little  piwer,  and  didst  kcjp  my  word,  and  didst 
not  deny  my  name.  Behold,  I  give  of  the  synagogue  of  Satan, 
of  them  which  say  they  are  Jews,  and  they  are  no',  but  do  lie ; 
behold,  I  will  make  them  to  come  and  worship  before  thy  feet, 
and  to  know  that  I  have  loved  thee.  Because  thou  didst  keep 
the  word  of  my  patience,  I  also  will  keep  thee  fronr  the  hour 
of  trial,  that  hour  which  is  to  come  upon  the  whole  world,  to 
try  them  that  dwell  upon  the  earth.  I  come  quickly  :  hold  fast 
that  which  thou  hast,  that  no  one  take  thy  crown.  He  that 
overcometh,  I  will  make  him  a  pillar  in  the  temple  of  my  God, 
and  he  shall  go  out  thence  no  more:  and  will  write  upon'  him 
the  name  of  my  GoH,  and  the  name  of  the  city  of  my  God,  the 
new  Jerusalem,  which  comeih  down  out  of  heaven  from  my 
G  >d,  and  mine  own  new  name.  He  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him 
hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 

An  J  to  the  angel  of  the  church  in  Laodicca  write:  — 


85 
HIS  WORDS. 

These  things  saith  the  Amen,  the  faithful  and  true  witness, 
the  beginning  of  the  ci-eation  of  God :  I  know  thy  works,  that 
thou  art  neither  cold  nor  hot :  I  would  thou  wert  cold  or  hot. 
So  because  thou  ait  lukewarm,  and  neither  hot  nor  cold,  I  will 
spew  thee  out  of  my  mouth.  Because  thou  sayest,  I  am  rich, 
and  have  gotten  riches,  and  have  need  of  nothing ;  and  knowest 
not  that  thou  art  the  wretched  one  and  miserable  and  poor  and 
blind  and  naked :  I  counsel  thee  to  buy  of  me  gold  refined  by 
fire,  that  thou  mayest  become  rich ;  and  white  garments,  that 
thou  mayest  clothe  thyself,  and  that  the  shame  of  thy  naked- 
ness be  not  made  manifest;  and  eyesalve  to  anoint  thine 
eyes,  that  thou  mayest  see.  As  many  as  I  love,  I  reprove 
and  chasten :  be  zealous  therefore,  and  repent.  Behold,  I 
stand  at  the  door  and  knock :  if  any  man  hear  my  voice  and 
open  the  door,  I  will  come  in  to  him,  and  will  sup  with  him, 
and  he  with  me.  He  that  overcorneth,  I  will  give  to  him  to 
sit  down  with  me  in  my  throne,  as  I  also  overcame,  and  sat 
down  with  my  Father  in  his  throne.  He  that  hath  an  ear,  let 
him  hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 

.  .  .  Come  up  hither,  and  I  will  shew  thee  the  things 
which  must  come  to  pass  hereafter. 

.  .  .  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord  from 
henceforth  :  yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest  from  their 
labors;  for  their  works  follow  with  them. 

Come  forth,  my  people,  out  of  her,  that  ye  have  no 
fellowship  with  her  sins,  and  that  ye  receive  not  of  her  plagues  : 
for  her  sins  have  reached  even  unto  heaven,  and  God  hath  re- 
membered her  iniquities.  Render  unto  her  even  as  she  ren. 
dered,  and  double  tinto  her  the  double  according  to  her  works : 
in  the  cup  which  she  mingled,  mingle  unto  her  double.  How 
much  soever  she  glorified  herself,  and  waxed  wanton,  so  much 
give  her  of  torment  and  mourning :  for  she  saith  in  her  heart,  I 
sit  a  queen,  and  am  no  widow,  and  shall  in  no  wise  see  mourn- 
ing. Therefore  in  one  day  shall  her  plagues  come,  death,  and 
mourning,  and  famine ;  and  she  shall  be  utterly  burned  with 
fire;  for  strong  is  the  Lord  God  which  judged  her.  And  the 
kings  of  the  earth,  who  committed  fornication  and  lived  wan- 
tonly with  her,  shall  weep  and  wail  over  her,  when  they  look 
upon  the  smoke  c-f  her  burning,  standing  afar  off  for  the  fear  of 
her  torment,  s.xying.  Woe,  woe,  the  great  city,  Babylon,  tlie 
strong  city  i  for  in  one  hour  is  thy  judgment   come.     And  the 


86 
HIS  WORDS. 

merchants  of  the  earth  weep  and  mourn  over  her,  for  no  man 
buyeth  their  merchandise  any  more  ;  merchandise  of  gold,  and 
silver,  and  precious  stone,  and  pearls,  and  fine  linen,  and  pur- 
ple, and  silk,  and  scarlet;  and  all  thyine  wood,  and  every 
vessel  made  of  ivory,  and  every  vessel  made  of  most  precious 
wood,  and  of  brass,  and  iron,  and  marble ;  and  cinnamon,  and 
spice,  and  incense,  and  ointment,  and  frankincense,  and  wine, 
and  oil,  and  fine  flour,  and  wheat,  and  cattle,  and  sheep ;  and 
merchandise  of  horses  and  chariots  and  slaves;  and  souls  of 
men.  And  the  fruits  which  thy  soul  lusted  after  are  gone  from 
thee,  and  all  things  that  were  dainty  and  sumptuous  are  perished 
from  thee,  and  men  shall  find  them  no  more  at  all.  The  mer- 
chants of  these  things,  who  were  made  rich  by  her,  shall  stand 
afar  off  for  the  fear  of  her  torment,  weeping  and  mourning;  say- 
ing. Woe,  woe,  the  great  city,  she  that  was  arrayed  in  fine  linen 
ana  purple  and  scarlet,  and  decked  with  gold  and  precious 
stone  and  pearl !  for  in  one  hour  so  great  riches  is  made  deso- 
late. And  every  shipmaster,  and  every  one  that  saileth  any 
whither,  and  mariners,  and  as  many  as  gain  their  living  by  sea, 
stood  afar  off,  and  cried  out  as  they  looked  upon  the  smoke  of 
her  burning,  saying.  What  city  is  like  the  great  city  ?  And  they 
cast  dust  on  their  heads,  and  cried,  weeping  and  mourning, 
saying,  Woe,  woe,  the  great  city,  wherein  were  made  rich  all 
that  had  their  ships  in  the  sea  by  reason  of  her  costliness  !  for 
in  one  hour  is  she  nrnde  desolate.  Rejoice  over  her,  thou 
heaven,  and  ye  sainte,  and  ye  apostles,  and  ye  prophets ,  for 
God  hath  judged  your  judgment  on  her. 

.  .  .  Behold,  I  make  all  things  new.  Write :  for  these 
words  are  faithful  and  true.  They  are  come  to  pass.  I  am  the 
Alpha  and  the  Omega,  the  beginning  and  the  end.  I  will  give 
unto  him  that  is  athirst  of  the  fountain  of  the  water  of  life 
feely.  He  that  overcometh  shall  inherit  these  things  ;  and  I 
will  be  his  God,  and  he  shall  be  my  son.  But  for  the  fearful, 
and  unbelieving,  and  abominable,  and  murderers,  and  fornica- 
tors, and  sorcerers,  and  idolaters,  and  all  liars,  their  part  shall 
be  in  the  lake  that  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone  ;  which  is 
the  second  death. 

.  .  .  Behold,  I  come  quickly;  and  my  reward  is  with  me, 
to  render  each  man  according  as  his  work  is.  I  am  the  Alpha 
and  the  Omega,  the  first  and  the  last,  the  beginning  and  the  end. 
Blessed  are  they  that  wash  their  robes,  that  they  may  have  the 


87 
HIS  WORDS. 

right  to  come  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  may  enter  in  by  the  gates 
into  the  city.  Without  are  the  dogs,  and  the  sorcerers,  and  the 
fornicators,  and  the  murderers,  and  the  idolaters,  and  every  one 
that  loveth  and  maketh  a  lie. 

I  Jesus  have  sent  mine  angel  to  testify  unto  you  these  things 
for  the  churches.  I  am  the  root  and  the  offspring  of  David, 
the  bright  and  morning  star. 


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